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Your Discussion postings should be written in standard edited English and should follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific in-text citations from this week's Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources such as those found in the Library.

Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct. Initial postings must be 250-350 words (not including references).

Post your answer to one of the following topic questions (one post answer) by Saturday, then respond to two or more fellow classmates (two posts) by Tuesday that are thoughtful and advance the discussion. Student responses postings must be 100-150 words (not including references).These required posts (totaling three) should be completed on three or more separate days.

Choose one of the following:

Select a healthcare organization with which you are familiar with (or one that you would like to learn more about), and think about the role of budgeting in that particular organization.

Conduct research, as needed, to find out more about the budgeting process of this organization.

Bring to mind a wide range of healthcare organizations, such as a long-term care facility, large for-profit hospital, physicians' practice, VA hospital, or state-run clinic.

Consider how budgeting would be influenced depending on an organization's sources of funding.

How do the purposes or uses of a budget vary according to the kind of healthcare organization it is?