TY - BOOK AU - Cleverley,William O AU - Cameron,Andrew E TI - Essentials of health care finance SN - 0763724955 AV - RA971.3 .C54 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Sudbury, Ma PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - Hospitals KW - Finance KW - Accounting KW - Health facilities KW - Costs and Cost Analysis KW - Financial Management KW - Health Services KW - economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Financial information and the decision-making process -- 2. Financial environment of health care organizations -- 3. Legal and regulatory environment -- 4. Managed care -- 5. General principles of accounting -- 6. Financial statements -- 7. Accounting for inflation -- 8. Analyzing financial statements -- 9. Financial analysis of alternative health care firms -- 10. Strategic financial planning -- 11. Cost concepts and decision making -- 12. Product costing -- 13. The management control process -- 14. Cost variance analysis -- 15. Financial mathematics -- 16. Capital project analysis -- 17. Consolidations and mergers -- 18. Capital formation -- 19. Working capital and cash management -- 20. Developing the cash budget -- Glossary -- Common health care financial management acronyms ER -