title: Capital expenditure planning: the value of information to hospitals.
abstract: This article examines some of the costs caused by the uncertainty created by competition among hospitals, especially those costs reflected in capital expenditure planning. A proposal is developed for a computer-based capital budgeting system that would allow hospitals to share enough information about their future capital expenditure plans to reduce the major costs of competition-induced uncertainty without publicly disclosing their future intentions. The benefits of such a system can be measured as the expected value of complete information. An illustrative example is provided.
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures / Q000379:methods*; D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics / Q000379:methods*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D008331:Management Information Systems; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States