... finance principles and applications; but this is easier said thandone. I hope that Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Fi-nancial Management will help you understand the finance ... mission between investor-owned and not -for- profithospitals, not -for- profit hospitals are being forced to place greater empha-sis on the financial implications of operating decisions than in the past. ... Time ValueAnalysis to Measure Financial Returns, 272; Semiannual and OtherCompounding Periods, 276; Amortized Loans, 27910 Financial Risk and Required Return 287The Many Faces of Financial Risk,...