Product Description
This fourth edition includes the theories and concepts behind financial decision making in health services. This text features practical applications and updated real-world examples available online to help students grasp the financial theories and concepts discussed.
What's new in this edition:
Text is not limited to just hospitals, and includes examples from medical practices, managed care organizations, nursing homes, and home health providers
Text is ideal for advanced graduate students, but also contains enough introductory material that it is also appropriate for an introductory course
New edition has been thoroughly updated, particularly the recent reimbursement changes and the real-world examples
New sections focusing on the complications that arise in small businesses, especially medical practices, have been added
Each chapter features end-of-chapter problems suitable for homework assignments or class discussion
Most chapters in the text have accompanying online Excel® models to help readers learn the material better.
About the Author
Louis C. Gapenski, Ph.D., is a professor in both health services administration and finance at the University of Florida. He is the author or coauthor of over twenty textbooks on corporate and healthcare finance. Dr. Gapenski's books are used world wide, with Canadian and international editions and translations in Russian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Indonesian, and Spanish. In addition, he has published numerous journal articles related to corporate and healthcare finance.