title: Allocating capital in a multi-hospital system.
abstract: Healthcare systems must have an efficient and equitable way of allocating limited capital resources to their operating units. An effective capital allocation method has two key components: a formula that addresses the quantitative challenge of distributing capital, and scrutiny by corporate, regional, and local management to ensure that the formula works fairly.
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D004467:Economics; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006075:Governing Board; D007196:Indiana; D007484:Iowa; D008824:Michigan; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013597:Systems Analysis