title: Use of demand surveys to support budget requests.
abstract: Like pharmacy staff members at many hospitals, pharmacy personnel at Deborah Heart and Lung Center have been affected by new programs or increased activities undertaken by their organization and/or other departments requiring pharmacy support. At Deborah, these programs and activities were initiated after department budgets for the year were already approved. For the past 2 years the pharmacy department has employed a method of planning that effectively eliminated this problem as well as supported budget requests for increased services.
authors.affiliation: Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ 08015.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Arrison
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009515:New Jersey; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010934:Planning Techniques