Steven A. Finkler's name appears first in the previous edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The health care environment -- The financing of health care -- Key issues in applied economics -- Quality, costs, and financing -- Accounting principles -- Analysis of financial statement information -- Cost management -- Determining health care costs and prices -- Strategic management -- Budgeting concepts -- Operating budgets -- Revenue budgeting -- Performance budgeting -- Controlling operating results -- Variance analysis : examples, extensions, and caveats -- Benchmarking, productivity, and cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness -- Analysis -- Short-term financial resources -- Long-term financial resources -- Forecasting -- The nurse as entrepreneur -- Nursing and financial management : current issues and future directions.