title: Hospital cost accounting: finding the software solution.
abstract: If hospital managers can clearly define the functions, features, and techniques required of a software package, carefully evaluate the capabilities of the various packages available, and use an organized approach for selecting a software package, they can more effectively choose cost accounting software that best fits the hospital's individual needs.
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D003201:Computers / Q000592:standards*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014481:United States