ynopsis of Case $4\mathrm{.}2$ Hospital Corporation of America $($p$.85-93,$ in the Healthcare Applications: A Casebook in Accounting and Financial Management book$)$: This case addresses the concepts of financial statements analysis, specifically employing ratio analysis. Ratio analysis is a technique used in financial condition analysis $($and in other analyses$),$ and it combines values from the financial statements to create single numbers that have easily interpretable economic significance and facilitate comparisons.