title: Sources of project financing in health care systems.
abstract: Through discussions with chief financial officers of leading health care systems, insights are offered on preferences for project financing and development efforts. Data from these same systems provide at least anecdotal evidence in support of pecking-order theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2029, USA. deans@umich.edu
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Rivenson
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Reiter
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000379:methods*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000191:economics; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics; D018803:Models, Economic; D014481:United States