McCue M J
Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Health Care Manage Rev. 1996 Spring;21(2):38-45. doi: 10.1097/00004010-199605000-00006.
This article profiles the premerger marketing, management, and mission characteristics of the combined Columbia and Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) entity relative to local market hospitals. The findings show that the Columbia/HCA hospitals had fewer Medicaid patients, lower proportion of outpatient revenues, higher operating cash flow per bed, lower occupancy rates, lower salary expense per discharge, higher debt to total assets, fewer beds, and a higher case-mix index relative to local competitors.
本文介绍了合并后的哥伦比亚医院与美国医院公司(HCA)实体相对于当地市场医院的合并前营销、管理和使命特征。研究结果表明,相对于当地竞争对手,哥伦比亚/HCA医院的医疗补助患者较少,门诊收入比例较低,每张床位的运营现金流较高,占用率较低,每次出院的薪资支出较低,债务与总资产的比例较高,床位较少,病例组合指数较高。