title: Can room and board lead to hidden revenue?
abstract: Review how a hospital's financial department builds inpatient room and board charges.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Management Systems, Inc., Laguna Niguel, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: Diana S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Contino
mesh_terms: D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D017722:Hospital Charges; D006801:Humans; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000191:economics*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States