Concerns about deficiencies in the quality of care delivered in US hospitals grew during a
time period when an increasing number of hospitals were experiencing financial problems …

Financial pressure mounted for hospitals nationwide during the late 1990s. Our study
examines how this affected the quality of their operations in terms of organizational …

The authors review empirical literature from 1980 to 2005 on relationships between
healthcare organizations' Finances and quality of care. They found only 16 studies of this …

In industrial firms, high perceived quality in products or services leads to high return on
investment. The link between high quality and high profit is more difficult to document for …

Non-financial measures have found increasing acceptance in the business world--however,
their application in the health care industry remains limited. The purpose of this article is to …

Background Fiscal constraints faced by US hospitals as a result of the recent economic
downturn are leading to business practices that reduce costs and improve financial and …

Background Hospitals under financial pressure may struggle to maintain quality and patient
safety and have worse patient outcomes relative to well-resourced hospitals. Poor predictive …

The increased focus on health care quality is changing the face of performance measures.
Traditional measures of financial performance are being complemented by indicators of …

The delivery of patient care has not been especially lucrative for short-term acute care
hospitals (STACHs) in recent years. Financial indicators derived from Medicare cost reports …

performance: Is Page 1 Quality of health care and financial performance: Is there a link? John
Harkey and Robert Vraciu The relation between operating margin and quality of care is …