Financial management in leading health care systems.
To understand better the financial management practices and strategies of modern health care organizations, we conducted interviews with chief financial officers (CFOs) of several leading health care systems. In this introduction, we present an overview of the project and summary responses on corporate financial structures and strategic challenges facing CFOs.
Smith
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Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029, USA. deans@umich.edu
Wheeler
J R
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Rivenson
H L
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Reiter
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D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D002017:Budgets; D002202:Capital Financing; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007449:Investments; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States