Holy Cross Hospital Executive Summary

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Holy Cross Hospital operated as a non-profit teaching hospital with the mission of intention-to-treat. Under the protocol of intention-to-treat, all patients that seek help at the hospital will get quality treatment, regardless of their financial status. Therefore, financial analysis to measure and improve profitability may not be appropriate for this setting. Since the hospital is classified as non-profit organization, day-to-day operations are funded through various grants along with donations through communities, donors, and government (Holy Cross Health, Inc., 2015). However, there are several analyses can be calculated to assess the financial status of the hospital. Ratio such as self-sufficiency ratio, debt ratio, and current ratio

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