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Fourth Edition
By
Steven Finkler, PhD, CPA, Program in Health Policy and Management, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, NY
Mary McHugh
Description
An in-depth guide to preparing accurate nursing budgets, this book will help you improve your financial skills and contribute to your
organization's strategic planning. It discusses the different types of budgeting, the budgeting process, forecasting, variance analysis,
and costing out nursing services. A variety of settings are included: hospitals, long-term care, home health, community health, managed
care, and others. With this guide, you'll learn how to communicate effectively with financial managers, succeed in your role in the budgeting
process, and assist in the delivery of high-quality patient care at the lowest possible cost.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Different Types of Budgets
2. The Budgeting Process
3. Motivation and Incentives
4. Cost Concepts
5.
Personnel Issues
6. Forecasting
7. Strategic Planning and Business Plans
8. The Operating Budget
9. Revenue
Budgeting
10. Capital Budgeting (Technical Appendix: Quantitative Methods for Capital Budgeting)
11. Performance Budgeting
12.
Cash Budgeting
13. Variance Analysis
14. Variance Analysis: Examples, Extensions, and Caveats
15. Budgeting for
Information Systems
16. Budgeting for the Operating Room
17. Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis
18. Costing Out Nursing Services
Additional Suggested Readings
Glossary
Appendix: Sample Budget
Forms and Instructions
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Paperback, 520 pages, publication date: SEP-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3341-7
ISBN-10: 1-4160-3341-6
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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