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Article: Healthcare Cost Accounting: Practice and Applications. (book reviews)

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July 1, 1989
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Healthcare Cost Accounting: Practice and Applications

This book is a must for healthcare executives needing a clear and concise synopsis of cost accounting.

The author does an excellent job of covering the global issues important to top level executives while avoiding the temptation to digress into endless technical detail. The book can also be helpful to middle managers unfamiliar with cost accounting because it contains brief sections explaining fundamental concepts.

The book begins with a brief chapter on the uses and applications of a cost accounting system. It includes several examples of situations using cost accounting information such as ...

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