Principles of Cost Accounting or Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers

Principles of Cost Accounting

Author: Edward J Vanderbeck

Vanderbeck provides readers with a thorough, but concise, understanding of concepts, behavior, and accounting techniques applicable to manufacturing cost systems.

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This textbook introduces cost concepts, cost behavior, and cost accounting techniques, applying them to manufacturing and service businesses. It provides instruction on calculating the cost of products and services, setting prices, bidding on contracts, and analyzing profitability. It also describes the evaluation of management and subunit performance within an organization, and the use of accounting to move managers toward the organization's goals. Specific chapters cover materials, labor, factory overhead, process cost accounting, standard cost accounting, budgeting, service businesses, and management decision making. VanDerbeck teaches accounting at Xavier University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers

Author: Janne Dunham Taylor

Provides the information and tools neccessary for nurses to express themselves more effectively using financial principles and data while interfacing with financial personnel.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction : every management decision has financial implications - every financial decision has management implications	1
Ch. 1	An open letter to nurse leaders : if we do what is right for the patients, financial well-being will follow	17
Ch. 2	Providing value-based services while achieving quality and financial accountability	25
Ch. 3	Quantum leadership : love one another	109
Ch. 4	Organizational strategies	185
Ch. 5	Ethics in nursing administration	245
Ch. 6	Everything you wanted to know about health care and more!	275
Ch. 7	Is there life after capitation? : the economics of the U.S. health care system after the managed care revolution	347
Ch. 8	Knowledge is power : here's how to plug in	371
Ch. 9	Nursing information systems : guide for nursing management	411
Ch. 10	Budgeting	425
Ch. 11	Budget development and evaluation	457
Ch. 12	Budget variances	493
Ch. 13	Comparing reimbursements with cost of services provided	521
Ch. 14	Budget strategies	557
Ch. 15	Strategic management : facing the future with confidence	607
Ch. 16	An overview of case management	647
Ch. 17	Accounting for health care entities	667
Ch. 18	Financial analysis : improving your decision-making	691
Ch. 19	Patient classification systems	713
Ch. 20	Staff - our most valuable resource	761
Ch. 21	Productivity	827