title: Understanding variation in revenue and expenses.
abstract: Control charts offer a way for healthcare organizations to react appropriately to unexpected changes in performance indicators. Control charts demonstrate whether an immediate remedy or a redesign of a process is needed. An understanding of variation in processes can help in comprehending performance and avoiding identification of data trends that do not exist. Control charts can be used to more accurately estimate revenue and expenses over the long-term.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. maustin@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Kent H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Milos
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: G Wayne
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Raborn
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D000416:Alberta; D003626:Data Display; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019451:Information Management; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics*