Establishing prices: one hospital's strategic response.
Establishing appropriate prices for health care products has been an ongoing problem. Price increases have traditionally been based on an across-the-board percentage increase for all products. In this article, the importance of pricing and the actual pricing methodology used at Baptist Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri are discussed.
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008923:Missouri