title: Adjusting charges helped rescue trauma unit.
abstract: A California hospital's trauma center is in the black after bleeding red ink for years. The simple solution: tally up all costs and set charges high enough to bring in a break-even amount of revenue.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000191:economics*