Subscribers: Please read the following carefully. Single copies of
HOSPICAL are free of charge to institutions in Asia, Latin America,
and  Africa. - Sam Lanfranco, ListHOST/Admin
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Announcing publication of "HOSPICAL: A Tool for Allocating Hospital
Costs" from Management Sciences for Health.

Hospital managers, policymakers, and provincial health officers can use
HOSPICAL to analyze current costs and revenue. They can also make plans to
improve a hospital's performance and enhance its sustainability. The tool
consists of a user's guide and an electronic spreadsheet file that allows
managers to allocate resource costs to individual hospital departments;
measure the performance of departments; compare revenue with costs;
compare costs among hospitals; and set cost standards based on
high-performing hospitals.

Funding for this publication was provided by the U.S. Agency for
International Development under the APHIA Financing and Sustainability
(AFS) Project. You may learn more about the AFS project at
http://www.msh.org/features/conferences/afs/index.html.

Single copies of HOSPICAL are free of charge to institutions in Asia,
Latin America, and Africa. Funds received from sales in North America,
Western Europe, Japan, and Australia support reprinting and distribution
of our publications in 180 countries. Browse and order our publications
online at http://www.msh.org/publications anytime or contact us through
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Please forward this message to colleagues who might be interested in this
practical and useful tool.

Sincerely,

Sherry Cotaco
Bookstore and Distribution Manager
Management Sciences for Health
165 Allandale Road
Boston, MA 02130

Tel: 617-524-7799 x248
Fax: 617-524-2825
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