Preface
Acknowledgments
Part Part I HEALTH CARE FINANCE OVERVIEW
Chapter 1 Introduction to Health Care Finance
Chapter 2 What Does the Health Care Manager Need to Know?
Part Part II RECORD FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Chapter 3 Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth
Chapter 4 Revenues (Inflow)
Chapter 5 Expenses (Outflow)
Chapter 6 Cost Classifications
Part Part III TOOLS TO ANALYZE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Chapter 7 Cost Behavior and Break-Even Analysis
Chapter 8 Staffing: The Manager's Responsibility
Part Part IV REPORT AND MEASURE FINANCIAL RESULTS
Chapter 9 Reporting
Chapter 10 Financial and Operating Ratios as Performance Measures
Chapter 11 The Time Value of Money
Part Part V PLAN, MONITOR, AND CONTROL FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Chapter 12 Comparative Data, Forecasts, and Benchmarking
Chapter 13 Budgeting and Variance Analysis
Chapter 14 Capital Expenditure Budgets
Part Part VI ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND ACQUIRE FUNDS
Chapter 15 Business Loans and Financing Costs
Chapter 16 Owning Versus Leasing Equipment
Chapter 17 Putting It All Together: Creating a Business Plan
Part Part VII CASE STUDY
Chapter 18 Case Study: Metropolis Health System
Part Part VIII MINI-CASE STUDIES
Chapter 19 Mini-Case Study 1: Proposal to Add a Retail Pharmacy to a Hospital in the Metropolis Health System
Chapter 20-A Mini-Case Study 2: Changing Economic Realities in the Health Care Setting: A Physician's Office Teaching Cases
Chapter 20-B Mini-Case Study 2: Changing Economic Realities in the Health Care Setting: A Physician's Office Teaching Cases
Chapter 20-C Mini-Case Study 2: Changing Economic Realities in the Health Care Setting: A Physician's Office Teaching Cases
Chapter 21 Mini-Case Study 3: The Economic Significance of Resource Misallocation: Client Flow Through the Women, Infants, and Children Public Health Program
Appendix A Checklists
Appendix B Web-Based and Software Learning Tools
Notes
Glossary
Examples and Exercises, Supplemental Materials, and Solutions
Index
About the Authors
