Healthcare accounting research

Ge Bai, Satish Joshi and Ranjani Krishnan

Chapter 16 in Research Handbook on Nonprofit Accounting, 2023, pp 291-315 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Healthcare and especially hospitals play a dominant role in the nonprofit sector. This chapter provides an overview of the main research questions addressed and key findings in healthcare accounting. Discussions encompass the unique features of the healthcare sector; objective functions of for-profit, nonprofit and government organizational forms prevalent in healthcare; cost behavior in the hospital sector; the influence of regulatory changes on the information environment and incentive contracting in hospitals; and the evolution of management accounting and governance systems in healthcare in response to changes in the public policy and institutional environment. Promising future research avenues in the light of ongoing developments in this important sector are presented.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Research Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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