title: Making choices in hospital resources allocation. The use of an assessment tool to decide which new projects are financed.
abstract: We designed a scoring system to rank acute care hospital projects and allocate resources between them. The evaluation tool assessed projects on an ordinal scale; the criteria scored were medical interest, feasibility, interest for teaching and research, and compatibility with the hospital's strategy. Clinical and technical projects were ranked separately. In 1994, 25 new projects, representing a total cost of $1.4 million, were reviewed by two independent reviewers. The scores ranged from 30 to 18 over 36. Projects presented by clinical departments scored higher than projects presented by medicotechnical departments.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Henri Mondor.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Durand-Zaleski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leclerq
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Revuz
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Spetebroodt
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Zafrani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rochant
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D005602:France; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics; D006292:Health Priorities; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008330:Management Audit; D015203:Reproducibility of Results