Determining actual costs in central processing: a case study.
Access to accurate cost information is integral to product line development and management. It is also necessary under the PPS system which reimburses hospitals at a fixed rate for the provision of health care and puts hospitals at risk for their costs. The following case study presents a methodology for identifying and analyzing the costs of providing central processing services.
D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States