[Expediture during intensification of working processes in the hospital]

The intensification of working processes in hospitals is reflected also in indicators of expenditure which characterize the consumption expressed in financial terms. The intensity of operation may be reflected to a certain extent also in the operational costs per unit of capacity or performance, although from the expenditure alone it is not possible to draw unequivocal conclusions on the degree of intensity. When evaluating the economic results of hospitals information on the influence of changes as regards the use of bed capacity is useful, as well as information on changes in the length of the diagnostic and therapeutic operations performed by the common diagnostic and therapeutic complement of the hospital with policlinic and the influence of newly established units of intensive care on indicators of operational costs. The present article attempts to indicate the trend and force of action of these changes on the example of a type two hospital possessing all departments (district hospital).