title: Hospitals, vendors explore equipment financing.
abstract: An uncertain reimbursement environment--clouded by such immediate concerns as Medicare capital payments and longer-term prospects for comprehensive health care reform--is leading top imaging equipment manufacturers to offer hospitals creative ways to finance equipment.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hard
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000639:trends*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D007860:Leasing, Property / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States