[Ways to improve the management of hospitals]

The article "Ways of improving the management of in-patient facilities" examines the organizational structure of management in respect to hospitals. A systems approach is used for management analysis. A hospital facility is defined as an hierarchical multilevel system of management. In this connection some problems concerning hospital management are considered: the multi-level character of management system, the specificity of management at each echelon of decision making process, the development of curative and diagnostic process technology, the problem of assessing management effectiveness at each hierarchical level. Attention is given to the training of hospital staff. Ways of improving the management of hospitals are determined for the purpose of raising the quality and effectiveness of in-patient care.