title: [Medical controlling seen by the head of hospital].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Medical Controlling is defined as bridge between economy, administration and medicine. It is concerned with structure, process and outcome quality of the medical capacity in hospitals. Operationalisation and precise description of function and procedures is far from clear until now, however.
  
  
  METHODS
  Operative and strategic fields can be distinguished functionally, i. e. balance, payment and output-Controlling including advice of directors, implementation of quality management systems, benchmarking procedures and integrated care structures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the report presented here medical controlling can be regarded as essential for an ethically based economy in medicine. Definition and description of medical controlling seems possible now based on practical experiences outlined.
authors.affiliation: Bezirksklinikum Gabersee. g.laux.bzk-gabersee@t-online.de
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laux
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Höfter
mesh_terms: D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005858:Germany; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D011786:Quality Control