Download or read book Financial Analysis and Decision Making for Healthcare Organizations written by Louis C. Gapenski and published by Irwin Professional Pub. This book was released on 1996 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial Analysis & Decision Making for Healthcare Organizations prepares you for the growth of managed care. Dr. Louis Gapenski gives insightful and practical knowledge about financial risk, opportunity costs, asset valuation and financial instruments. Emphasizing the basics for financial decision making, he focuses on five important financial concepts: cash is king, time value of money, risk and return, opportunity costs, and don't put all your eggs in one basket. With applicable real-world examples, financial tables and self examination exercises, Gapenski weaves these concepts throughout each chapter giving you the operational knowledge you need to enhance your financial decision making.