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J J Orefice

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PubMed1983

Productivity--a key to managing cost-per-case. Part 1.

Productivity and productivity management are critical to effective case-mix management. Case-mix management expands on traditional productivity management to include the relationship between such intermediate products as patient days, tests and meals, and the ultimate end product, the case. As hospitals search to increase the profitability of specific case types, they must focus on two critical productivity control points. First, they must examine length of stay and ancillary utilization as one level of productivity. Then they must turn to more traditional analyses and review departmental productivity in the production of the intermediate products. No case-mix management system is complete unless it focuses on both of these critical relationships. Part two of this article will explore performance reporting and its role in managing both productivity and case mix.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed1983

Productivity and performance reporting. Part 2.

Managing cost-per-case, increasing hospital efficiency, and ensuring financial viability are the goals. A productivity improvement program is a means to achieve these goals. In this two-part series, a brief overview of the steps required to develop and implement a productivity system in the hospital has been presented. Of particular emphasis in this article has been the critical role played by the performance reporting system. To improve its productivity, a hospital needs a well-designed system that generates clear, understandable reports to support managerial decision making at all organizational levels. Only in this way--with managers making informed decisions--can the goal of best use of available resources become a reality.

Efficiency↗