[Performance indicators of maxillofacial surgery inpatient departments]

In Hungary, the number and structure of the maxillofacial surgery departments underwent significant changes in recent decades.

The aim of our study was to present the actual performance indicators of maxillofacial inpatient departments and based on the available data to compare the departments.

The study was based on the number of beds founded by the National Health Insurance Fund. Performance data were supplied by the National Health Insurance Fund Administration. The assessment included the following indicators: number of beds institutional breakdown by type, number of reimbursed cases, the weighted case number, hospital stay, bed occupancy rates and average length of stay.

In the examined period 40% of active beds (65) were in university hospitals. The distribution of reimbursed cases was similar. The university hospitals showed higher weighted case number and case-mix index. The oral surgery departments' bed occupancy rate (45.75%) was below the national average.

The indicators show significant differences among different departments in the examined period. Orv. Hetil., 2017, 158(12), 447-453.