This text presents basic concepts of economics and tools for financial management in the health care arena, including budgeting, breakeven analysis, financial reporting, business plan preparation, and grant writing. The text includes practical case examples drawn from actual health care settings to relate theory to real-world practice. A sample grant proposal and unique grant writing chapter will prepare students for this critical aspect of management. A free, back-of-book CD-ROM provides sample worksheets for analyzing budgets and determining breakeven points, cost-benefit, and cost-effectiveness, as well as sample budgets. Students can use the worksheets to apply their own data and complete their own analyses.
In 1933, Dr. Sidney R. Garfield established a prepaid plan for construction workers in the Mojave Desert. Henry Kaiser then employed Dr. Garfield to create a prepaid group practice plan for construction workers at the Grand Coulee Dam.
Appendix 9C"A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Proposed Alternative Interventions to Postprocedure Surgical Pain Reduction
New to this edition: New data on health economics and health accounting Updates on the changes caused by the Affordable Care Act, including requirements for tax-exempt hospitals and organizational billing and collection policies New data on ...
This book is a comprehensive examination of budgeting practices designed to provide students with the ability to construct budgets and analyze differences between actual financial results and the budget.
This is the first book that focuses on basic accounting in health care management. This essential book contains the vocabulary of and an introduction to the tools and concepts employed by finance officers.
Like its predecessors, this book introduces readers to the basic concepts of healthcare finance, including accounting and financial management.
This introductory economics text is geared toward graduate students who will be medical and health services managers, administrators, or executives.
A great supplement to a wide range of finance, economics, and accounting courses across the health disciplines, Practical Budgeting for Health Care: A Concise Guide covers the full scope of budgeting and budget analysis–from incremental ...
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education, 2004, p. 71. We will consider each of these steps in turn. Prepare Budgetary Policy Guidelines As noted, the first step in budget preparation is for the top management to prepare a budget ...
Understanding Healthcare Financial Management