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Volume 5, Issue 3
1 March 1992
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Research Article| March 01 1992

Correlating Strategic Variables to Hospital Risk of Failure Available to Purchase

Sharon L. Oswald;
Sharon L. Oswald
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Allison W. Harrison;
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William L. Woerner
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6542
Print ISSN: 0952-6862
© MCB UP Limited
1992
Int J Health Care Qual Assur (1992) 5 (3)
https://doi.org/10.1108/09526869210014917

An empirical study of 71 hospitals in the United States revealed that strategic factors are highly correlated with a hospital′s financial risk position. Finds strong statistical evidence that ownership status, location, and level of service affect the hospital′s financial risk position, as measured by the Financial Viability Ratio Index.

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RISK MANAGEMENT, NON‐PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FINANCIAL RISK, HOSPITALS, USA
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