title: Learn to speak finance.
abstract: To best prepare for developing budgets, know your volume base. Realize who and where your competition is and plan accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Meridian Health System, Neptune, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Foley
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000379:methods; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States