Financial management in leading health care systems

D G Smith; J R Wheeler; H L Rivenson; K L Reiter

Financial management in leading health care systems

J Health Care Finance. 2000 Summer;26(4):19-30.

Authors

D G Smith¹, J R Wheeler, H L Rivenson, K L Reiter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029, USA. deans@umich.edu

PMID: 10845383

Abstract

To understand better the financial management practices and strategies of modern health care organizations, we conducted interviews with chief financial officers (CFOs) of several leading health care systems. In this introduction, we present an overview of the project and summary responses on corporate financial structures and strategic challenges facing CFOs.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accounts Payable and Receivable
Budgets
Capital Financing
Decision Making, Organizational
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / economics*
Financial Management, Hospital / methods*
Financial Management, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Hospital Administrators
Interviews as Topic
Investments
Managed Care Programs / economics
United States