Journal of Health Care Finance articles from December 2006

Journal of Health Care Finance archives from December 2006

Demand matching: balancing cost and quality to maximize greatest postoperative outcomes.
December 22, 2006... Orthopedic hip and knee implant costs have risen 132 percent from 1991 to 2004, whereas reimbursements have only risen 16 percent. This increase is large, but the problem would not be as significant if reimbursement rates could compete with...

The use of interest rate swaps by nonprofit organizations: evidence from nonprofit health care providers.
December 22, 2006... Although the use of derivatives, particularly interest rate swaps, has grown explosively over the past decade, derivative financial instrument use by nonprofits has received only limited attention in the research literature. Because little is...

The effect of interest rate derivative transactions on debt savings for not-for-profit health systems.(Report)
December 22, 2006... The utilization of interest rate derivative instruments in US for-profit companies has grown exponentially since the early 1980s. International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), reported that the amount of outstanding standard...

Trends in biopharmaceutical IPOs: 1996-2005.(initial public offerings)
December 22, 2006... This study examines the stock market reaction and other financial aspects of all biopharmaceutical firms that had an initial public offering (IPO) between 1996 and 2005. Overall, increases in stock price at the close of the first day averaged...

Did the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker? examining changes in hospital financial condition.
December 22, 2006... In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many industry observers expressed the view that there was a growing dichotomy in the hospital industry in which financially weak hospitals were getting weaker and financially strong hospitals were getting...

Trends in medicare disproportionate share (DSH) distribution in US hospitals: 1996-2003.
December 22, 2006... Implemented in 1986, Medicare's disproportionate share (DSH) adjustment is intended to recognize hospitals' additional resource investment in caring for low-income patients. This project analyzed changes in the DSH percentage between 1996 and...

Predicting financial distress in teaching hospitals.(bankruptcy )
December 22, 2006... Despite the prestige and reputation of teaching hospitals, as a group they are in financial distress. If this trend continues, one would expect to see a higher incidence of mergers and acquisitions or divestitures of assets and services, and...