The financial impact of management innovations by health centers.
The primary goal of The Program to Strengthen Primary Care Health Centers was to identify innovations that could improve the financial viability of health centers. This article describes the impact of program-related innovations on financial indicators. During the study period, all of the participant centers continued in existence, whereas one of the comparison centers went bankrupt. Total revenue and net income both improved significantly for the study centers relative to the comparison group. Centers that received audits of their operational systems prior to program commencement fared less well than those that did not.
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York City, USA.
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D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D005375:Financial Audit; D005376:Financial Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006302:Health Services Research; D016017:Odds Ratio; D009936:Organizational Innovation / Q000191:economics*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States