Date of Conferral
2016
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Business Administration
Advisor
Carol-Anne Faint
Abstract
Health care administrators in Ontario want to transform health care with a focus on improving efficiency and quality of care, yet they pay little attention to increasing revenue. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore strategies Ontario hospital administrators apply to generate nongovernment revenue to remain sustainable. The target study population consisted of 2 chief executive officers and 2 chief financial officers at Ontario academic research hospitals. The conceptual framework for this study included radical organizational change theory supported by complexity leadership theory, and grounded in an evidence-based approach. The researcher conducted open-ended semi-structured interviews and made efforts to collect relevant documents. The data analysis process included coding of the interviews followed by identifying themes and aggregate dimensions. Five themes emerged including working within the fiscal reality, the impact of the political environment, the focus on the mission, nongovernment revenue generation, and opportunities for the Ontario academic research hospital. The application of the findings from this study may contribute to social change by encouraging hospital executives to adopt a more coordinated and consistent approach to generating nongovernment revenue to support the mission of their hospitals.
Recommended Citation
Naus, Frank Pieter Martien, "Strategies Ontario Hospital Administrators Apply to Generate Non-Government Revenue to Remain Sustainable" (2016). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 3117.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3117
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