The paper explores capitalisation decisions within the hospital sector. This is done theoretically by examining the appropriateness of capital structure theory of hospitals and also in a real world context of soliciting the views of hospital chief financial officers. The ways in which capital decisions are made is described and the relationship of practice to theoretical models discussed.
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