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"Finally! The book that all health care board members needed butwere afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring atincomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous noddingwhen their financially-literate brethren make comments or askquestions, of voting on things that they do not understand aregone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trusteewho is not a finance professional."--James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates,Inc. and executive director, American Governance & LeadershipGroup Accounting for $1.4 trillion in expenditures (13.7 percent ofgross domestic product), health care is one of the nation's largestand fastest growing industries. This concise, expertly writtenprimer on health care organization finance is a nuts and boltsguide to what has become every hospital's most sensitive topic.Health care organization board members must possess basic financialcompetence to govern effectively. This book will help them acquire,easily and painlessly, the basic financial literacy essential fordischarging their roles and fulfilling their fiduciary duties.