title: [Barber-Johnson analysis of bed utilization in hospital-based health care in the Croatian Republic during peace and war:1986-1991].
abstract: Intensity of bed utilization in Croatia's hospitals in the peace-time period 1986-90 and the war year of 1991 was evaluated. The study covered 32 general-and-teaching hospitals disposing with 21,300 beds in 1986-90 and 27 of these hospitals with 19.000 beds in 1991. Basic information derives from hospital's statistical reports analyses by the Barber-Johnson's technique. While length of stay was reduced in the 1986-90 period, average number of discharges and deaths per available beds increased (1986/26.1; 1990/26.9). In the peace year of 1990 the performances of 11 of the 32 hospitals grouped in a zone limited to 10.0-12.9 days for the length of stays and 1.1-2.5 days for turnover interval. In the war year of 1991 the performances of 10 of the 27 hospitals were grouped in a zone defined by 8.5-10.9 days for length of stay and by 3.1 and 6.2 days for turnover interval. The Barber-Johnson's analysis provides key information in the decision making about hospital beds utilization, as well as in the evaluation of such decisions.
authors.affiliation: Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo, Zagreb.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vidaković
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trnski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuzman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tomić
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017523:Croatia; D006801:Humans; D013223:Statistics as Topic
vernacular_title: Barber-Johnsonove analize koristenja kreveta u sustavu stacionarne zdravstvene zastite Republike Hrvatske u mirnodopskim i ratnim uvjetima: 1986-1991. godine.