Financial modeling for hospital materials managers.
In this issue, HMM Editorial Board member Dennis Green concludes his discussion of five types of financial analysis materials managers are increasingly expected to perform. The final two models, extrapolated cash flow and negotiation models are best run with a personal computer. These models often have many variables and/or time periods, which frequently change as terms become clarified and negotiated. With a computer, recalculations are simplified.
D002201:Capital Expenditures; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D008838:Microcomputers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012984:Software; D014481:United States