title: Hospital finance.
abstract: This article summarizes key areas of focus for the analysis of risk in the hospital segment of the health care industry. The article is written from a commercial bank lending perspective. Both for-profit (C-corporations) and 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit segments are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Comerica Bank, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Herman
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D002202:Capital Financing; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000191:economics; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics; D012308:Risk Management; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States