title: [Measures for increasing efficiency in surgical departments of the Hamburg LKB with special reference to regional hospital comparisons].
abstract: A comparative study was performed using the medical records of 40,000 inpatients undergoing treatment in surgical units of 10 hospitals. The results show that the number of patients, the kind of diseases or injuries and the time required for their treatment do not correlate with the classification of the hospital or the degree of specialization of the surgical unit. Therefore, for every group of diseases (expressed as ICD number), standards (mean, median, benchmark) can be defined which should be followed in order to reduce the time of treatment and to improve the efficiency of the unit.
authors.affiliation: LBK Hamburg, Unternehmensleitung.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eckey-Knobloch
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005858:Germany; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*
vernacular_title: Massnahmen zur Effizienzsteigerung in den chirurgischen Abteilungen des LBK Hamburg unter besonderer Berücksichtigung krankenhausübergreifender Vergleiche.