Locate at least two recent healthcare industry related articles about these financial terms: balance sheet, shareholder’s equity, EBITDA, EBITDAM, financial ethics, financial benchmarking, financial trend analysis, and ratio analysis.

Write a 700- to 1,000-word paper in APA format discussing the financial terms you have chosen and its application to healthcare finance. Your paper must include:

• A brief summary of the articles
• An explanation of the financial terms
• A discussion of the terms’ application to healthcare finance
• Include at least five references sources
• At least two of the five references must be peer-reviewed references

A peer-reviewed reference is any source that has gone through some kind of peer-review, which means that it has been checked out by other professionals in the field to confirm its quality.

Peer -reviewed sources include:

* Articles in academic journals

* Textbooks from reputable publishers

* Some websites from reliable sources (e.g. government departments, universities, etc.).

Examples of Peer-Reviewed References in APA format:

Baker, J. J., & Baker, R. W. (2009). Healthcare finance. New York, NY: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

Chowdhury, A., & Chowdhury, S. P. (2010). Impact of capital structure on firm’s value: Evidence from bangladesh. Business and Economic Horizons, 3(3) 111–112. Retrieved from

http://econpapers.repec.org/article/pdcjrnbeh/v_3a3_3ay_3a2010_3ai_3a3_3ap_3a111-122.htm

Groppelli, A. A., & Nikbakht, E. (2006). Finance. New York, NY: Barron’s Educational ChowdSeries.

Gul, S., Sajid, M., & Razzaq, N. (2012). The relationship between dividend policy and shareholder’s wealth. Economies and Finance Review,2(2), 55–59. Retrieved from http://www.businessjournalz.org/articlepdf/EFR_2202april22m29v1.pdf