Health Care Finance and Economics

Health Care Finance and Economics

In terms of health care, Americans want incompatible results-unlimited access to the best care at affordable prices. With health care assuming an increasing proportion of the American economy, it is vital that health care managers and providers have a comprehensive understanding of finance and economics. This text will help you meet the considerable challenge of cutting costs while enhancing service quality. Health Care Finance and Economics provides a complete understanding of financial management and health economics. You'll develop your role as a manager by learning how to: enhance productivity, market strategy, quality, and profitability; manage capital structure, investment decisions, and financial decisions; improve access to health care, promote managed care, and learn from technology assessment studies; and evaluate what a payer can do to buy prudently yet preserve the biomedical strength of the nation.