Productivity--the human dimension.
In the past, productivity and effectiveness were not issues in hospitals. Modifying past attitudes and devising motivational forces appropriate to the new situations we face will not be easy. Patient expectations may not coincide with the results of these modifications. This article examines trends in hospital labor productivity, identifies constraints which the hospital environment imposes on the search for improvements in labor productivity and speculates on the potential effects of this search on patients and communities.
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000639:trends; D003625:Data Collection; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000639:trends; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States