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 …

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 …

This paper summarizes a Shattuck Hammond Partners study, released in late 2000, that
found marked erosion in California hospitals' financial health. The study examined the …

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 …

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 …

Hospital administrators must have timely, valid, and interpretable financial information that
allows them to make operational decisions in response to the threats of the changing health …

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 …

This study identifies the difference in financial performance between rural and urban
hospitals and examines whether or not that difference may be attributed to the emphasis of …

Financial distress can have a detrimental influence on the performance of hospitals. Hospital
management needs to monitor potential financial distress effectively and know how it will …

This study identifies a group of financially distressed hospitals and tracks them over time to
identify the consequences of their financial distress and the factors that may precipitate …