title: Capital: beyond the tried and true.
abstract: The old standbys remain by far the financing vehicles of choice for hospitals. But other, less traditional methods are gaining a foothold as not-for-profit hospitals look elsewhere--usually the corporate world--for successful precedents that can help fund big projects without leaving a bad financial aftertaste.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D007449:Investments / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D019464:Tax Exemption; D014481:United States