title: Debt financing: an executive's guide.
abstract: Debt financing can be a critical source of capital for not-for-profit hospitals. This gatefold outlines six steps toward effective debt financing, describes the various types of nontraditional and traditional debt and shows how two hospitals approached debt financing.
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runy
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D002202:Capital Financing / Q000379:methods*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics*; D009505:Nevada; D009825:Oklahoma; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States