Analysis of Financial Factors Which Driving the Operating Margins of 880 Public Hospitals in Japan Using a Business Intelligence System.

Management improvement was strongly required at public hospital and Local Incorporated Administrative Agency hospitals in Japan. We analysed financial statements of 880 public hospitals using Business Intelligence System. In order to raise the efficiency of management, it is important to have patients with a high profitability (seriously ill patients) at municipal hospitals; whereas, in Local Incorporated Administrative Agency hospitals, avoiding producing ordinary losses and not incurring excessive expenses will be important for management improvement.