La Cost accounting as an alternative for decision making in public health service institutions

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Karla Virginia Navarrete-Cedeño
Dayana Valdés-Pérez

Abstract

Cost is an important indicator to be considered in order to achieve improvements in the administrative decision making process. The objective of this article is to analyze the use of cost accounting tools in operational decisions of comprehensive services in public health units; the research is of a qualitative nature, and an analytical study was conducted on the results obtained through a survey applied to the twelve heads of the different administrative areas of a public health institution of second level of care in zone 4 Manabí-Santo Domingo, in Ecuador, where it was possible to confirm the limited knowledge and application of cost in decision-making.

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Navarrete, K., & Valdés, D. (2020). La Cost accounting as an alternative for decision making in public health service institutions. 593 Digital Publisher CEIT, 5(5-1), 244-251. https://doi.org/10.33386/593dp.2020.5-1.348
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Author Biographies

Karla Virginia Navarrete-Cedeño, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Manabí

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Engineer in Banking and Business in the University San Gregorio of Portoviejo, with more than 8 years working in the Zonal Coordination 4 of Health Manabí - Santo Domingo, Master of the Third Semester of Business Administration, Mention: Management of the Quality and Productivity of the Pontifical Catholic University of the Ecuador Headquarters Manabí.

Dayana Valdés-Pérez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Manabí

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Doctor in Accounting and Financial Sciences, Master in Management Accounting, professor of Business Administration and coordinator of the Master in Business Administration at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Manabí Campus.

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