Abstract
Concepts in the financial management of social work departments such as the utilization of cost-benefit as a way of thinking, the identification of funding sources for the department, and development, of an understanding of budgetary practices are explored Examples are offered of revenue production in in-patient and am bulatory care programs. Ideas about the contribution of social work to a hospital in an or ganized matrix structure are discussed. Social work can become a revenue rather than ex pense center by translating key functions into financial management terms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 287-297 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Social Work in Health Care |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 27 May 1980 |