The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers

Purpose: Analyze the relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers (OPS) based on economic and financial indicators. The study assessed operational, liquidity, profitability, and capital structure indicators in addition to the influence of the...

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Main Authors: Rudolph Fabiano Alves Pedroza Teixeira, Marcelo Álvaro da Silva Macedo, Odilanei Morais dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2022-07-01
Series:Revista Ambiente Contábil
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufrn.br/ambiente/article/view/29386
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author Rudolph Fabiano Alves Pedroza Teixeira
Marcelo Álvaro da Silva Macedo
Odilanei Morais dos Santos
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Marcelo Álvaro da Silva Macedo
Odilanei Morais dos Santos
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description Purpose: Analyze the relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers (OPS) based on economic and financial indicators. The study assessed operational, liquidity, profitability, and capital structure indicators in addition to the influence of the size and type of provider on the Supplementary Health Performance Index (IDSS), which is a proxy for the OPS performance. Methodology: First, factor analysis was carried out on 18 economic-financial indicators of 568 OPS, which resulted in five factors (operational, liquidity, profitability, capital structure, and size). Finally, a model was developed in which ordinary least squares (MQO) and TOBIT regressions were applied to explain the IDSS, as a function of the five calculated factors plus four dummy variables for the types of OPS. Results: The results showed that the OPS data and economic-financial indicators are jointly relevant to explain the IDSS, indicating that the accounting information can portray aspects of the supplementary health sector, which go beyond the purely financial dimension. Contributions of the Study: The study contributes to the literature by bringing strong evidence that OPS accounting information is important to explain part of the supplementary health sector’s economic environment, surpassing by more than twice its own informational content in the IDSS, which highlights the usefulness and relevance of such information to users of OPS.
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spelling doaj.art-c46781dcdae444bfa22960b613b481472023-01-18T23:23:53ZporUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteRevista Ambiente Contábil2176-90362022-07-0114210.21680/2176-9036.2022v14n2ID2938633393The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providersRudolph Fabiano Alves Pedroza Teixeira0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5325-5267Marcelo Álvaro da Silva Macedo1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-8661Odilanei Morais dos Santos2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-8353Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Purpose: Analyze the relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers (OPS) based on economic and financial indicators. The study assessed operational, liquidity, profitability, and capital structure indicators in addition to the influence of the size and type of provider on the Supplementary Health Performance Index (IDSS), which is a proxy for the OPS performance. Methodology: First, factor analysis was carried out on 18 economic-financial indicators of 568 OPS, which resulted in five factors (operational, liquidity, profitability, capital structure, and size). Finally, a model was developed in which ordinary least squares (MQO) and TOBIT regressions were applied to explain the IDSS, as a function of the five calculated factors plus four dummy variables for the types of OPS. Results: The results showed that the OPS data and economic-financial indicators are jointly relevant to explain the IDSS, indicating that the accounting information can portray aspects of the supplementary health sector, which go beyond the purely financial dimension. Contributions of the Study: The study contributes to the literature by bringing strong evidence that OPS accounting information is important to explain part of the supplementary health sector’s economic environment, surpassing by more than twice its own informational content in the IDSS, which highlights the usefulness and relevance of such information to users of OPS.https://periodicos.ufrn.br/ambiente/article/view/29386economic-financial indicators. regulation. supplementary health.
spellingShingle Rudolph Fabiano Alves Pedroza Teixeira
Marcelo Álvaro da Silva Macedo
Odilanei Morais dos Santos
The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers
Revista Ambiente Contábil
economic-financial indicators. regulation. supplementary health.
title The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers
title_full The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers
title_fullStr The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers
title_short The relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers
title_sort relationship between accounting information and the performance of supplementary health care providers
topic economic-financial indicators. regulation. supplementary health.
url https://periodicos.ufrn.br/ambiente/article/view/29386
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