I. A Financial Management Framework Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2: The Health Care Environment Chapter 3: The Role of Financial Management and Nurse Leadership in Health Care Organization Chapter 4: Key Issues in Applied Economics Chapter 5: Quality, Costs and Financing NEW! II. Financial Accounting Chapter 6: Accounting Principles Chapter 7: Analysis of Financial Statement Information Appendix 7A: Additional Sample Financial Statements III. Cost Analysis Chapter 8: Cost Management Chapter 9: Determining Health Care Costs and Prices Chapter 10: Costs and Other Issues Related to Recruiting and Retaining Staff IV. Planning and Control Chapter 11: Strategic Management Chapter 12: Budgeting Concepts Appendix 12A: Time Value of Money Chapter 13: Operating Budgets Chapter 14: Revenue Budgeting NEW! Chapter 15: Performance Budgeting Chapter 16: Controlling Operating Results Chapter 17: Variance Analysis: Examples, Extensions, and Caveats NEW! Chapter 18: Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis NEW! V. Managing Financial Resources Chapter 19: Short-Term Financial Resources Chapter 20: Long-Term Financial Resources VI. Additional Management Tools Chapter 21: The Use of Computers in Financial Management Chapter 22: Forecasting and Other Methods for Decision Making Chapter 23: Marketing Chapter 24: The Nurse as Entrepreneur VII. Looking to the Future Chapter 25: Nursing and Financial Management: Current Issues and Future Directions.