Financial Performance in For-Profit Healthcare

Financial Performance in For-Profit Healthcare
Please review:

Professor Office. (n.d.). Excel: Horizontal analysis and vertical analysis. Retrieved from http://professoroffice.com/VerticalHorizontalRatioAnalysis.aspx

Access the financial statements for the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)

Perform a vertical analysis of the income statement
Perform a vertical analysis of the balance sheet
Perform a horizontal analysis of the income statement
Perform a horizontal analysis of the balance sheet
Based on your analysis of the financial statements:
(1) Summarize the company’s key financial strengths and weaknesses;
(2) Make three recommendations to the CEO for strengthening, maintaining or improving the company’s financial position in the coming years.

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.