Key financial ratios can foretell hospital closures.
An analysis of various financial ratios sampled from open and closed hospitals shows that certain leverage, liquidity, capital efficiency, and resource availability ratios can predict hospital closure up to two years in advance of the closure with an accuracy of nearly 75 percent.
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D016361:Bankruptcy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005544:Forecasting / Q000379:methods*; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000191:economics*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics; D015233:Models, Statistical; D014481:United States