Abstract

FONTALVO HERRERA, Tomás J; MENDOZA MENDOZA, Adel A  and  VISBAL CADAVID, Delimiro A. Behavioral Assessment of productivity and profitability Indicators in Health Provider companies from the Contributory Schemein Colombia. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.3, pp.419-428. ISSN 0120-5552.

Abstract Objective: To analyze the behavior that profitability and productivity financial indicators have had in Health Provider Companies from the contributory scheme in Colombia, between 2008 and 2010. Materials and Methods: Applied, quantitative and inductive research using discriminant Analysis (ADM), which allowed to analyze the behavior of the selected indicators. Results: It was evident and demonstrated in the research work that the analysis of the Operating Income/Value Added Tax (IP2) indicator presented significant differences. For the analysis of the discriminant function, indicators Gross Profit/Operating Revenues (MB) and Operating Income/Value Added Tax (IP2) improved during the periods 2008 and 2010 on the Health Entities from the Contributory Scheme. Conclusions: Through the method used, it was able to analyze the behavior related to the analyzed indicators in the years studied and conclude that these had significant differences. Likewise one can predict the analysis of population with 61.1 % probability.

Keywords : indicator; productivity; profitability; contributory regime and discriminant analysis.

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