Fuzzy Numbers: U.S. Hospital Accounting Since the 1930s

dc.contributor.authorChapin, Christy Ford
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-27T20:38:01Z
dc.date.available2024-08-27T20:38:01Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-15
dc.description.abstractThis chapter argues that U.S. hospitals have used accounting in a distinctive, paradoxical manner to secure generous reimbursements and favorable regulatory terms from third-party financiers, both public and private. By presenting inexact, unreliable cost calculations as “objective” accounting products, hospital leaders could more readily inflate treatment prices, charge patients widely divergent rates, and conceal internal operations from third-party payers seeking data to design efficacious cost containment methods.
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-59423-6_1
dc.format.extent17 pages
dc.genrebook chapters
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dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m23afx-zp59
dc.identifier.citationChapin, Christy Ford. “Fuzzy Numbers: U.S. Hospital Accounting Since the 1930s.” In Business History of Hospitals in the 20th Century: Entrepreneurship, Organization, and Finances, edited by Paloma Fernández Pérez, 3–14. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59423-6_1.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59423-6_1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/35804
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherspringer
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.titleFuzzy Numbers: U.S. Hospital Accounting Since the 1930s
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