title: [Evaluation of the efficiency of the activities of therapeutic and preventive services].
abstract: Two methodological approaches to evaluation of the efficiency of medical activities, based on estimation of an integral index and expert evaluations, were investigated in 14 hospitals of Chelyabinsk. Both approaches are based on 12 parameters characterizing the work of outpatient clinics and hospitals and are routinely used in medical statistics. Comparison of classifications of treatment-and-prophylaxis institutions of Chelyabinsk in 1994-1998 obtained with the use of both methods showed that the method based on estimation of the integral parameter is more objective. Its another advantage is the possibility to modify the number of signs used and thus to evaluate the efficiency of the entire medical institution and its structural units (outpatient center, hospital). The efficiency rating can serve as the basis for adopting appropriate managing decisions.
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Tiukov
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Chernova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Polzik
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Kazantsev
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D011634:Public Health; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012800:Siberia