title: Essentials of finance for occupational physicians.
abstract: Comprehending the principles of finance is paramount to understanding the way an organization chooses to generate and use its financial resources. Financial principles may be employed in the same way a physician reviews fundamental systems to gauge a person s health. Just as basic anatomical and physiological components are used to assess the health of an individual, basic financial elements exist to ascertain the health of an organization. This chapter explains risk assessment, accounts receivable management, inventory, depreciation, capital formation, ratio analysis, and more.
authors.affiliation: Burns Consulting Associates, Inc., Maumee, Ohio 43537, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Fallon
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods; D002017:Budgets / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014481:United States