title: [Analysis of work input of the department heads of central regional hospitals].
abstract: Organization of the work performed by 59 medical department heads who concurrently act as off-staff district specialists was studied. Investigations were being carried out over the years 1972 through 1974 in 14 central district hospitals of the Tula region serving as a base. The bulk of the time spent by the department heads was found to be devoted to the work at the inpatient department (67-88 per cent of the total time), with that spent at the polyclinic comprising merely 7.3-13.6 per cent and extrahospital work taking up 3.8-7.7 per cent of the total time. The main shortcoming in the organization of their activities is the absence of a precise planning of the hours accorking to the types of activity, with only 18.6-50.7 per cent of the available time spent in discharging their primary functions, while desk work and other kinds of activity, as well as interruptions and management chores taking up 28.5 to 47.1 per cent of the working time. This forms a reserve for broadening the basic activity of the department heads and for improving the quality of diagnosing and treating the patients. The article carries a number of recommendations for rationalization of the work performed by department heads.
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration; D006748:Hospital Departments; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D012426:Russia; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
vernacular_title: Analiz trudovykh zatrat zaveduiushchikh otdeleniiami tsentral'nykh raĭonnykh bol'nits