title: [Prioritization of the main health problems having impact upon the activity of the Emergency Military Hospital "Dr. Iacob Cihac" of Iaşi in the years 1995-2003].
abstract: The various health problems that are faced by a hospital institution at any given point in time, compete for the usually limited resources that are available, while the health needs are infinite.Therefore, the prioritization process is a key to a functional activity. The prioritization method involves the formal selection criteria and system used to prioritize the health conditions. The Hanlon method is a quality one, and considers the following criteria: the magnitude of the problem, the severity of the problem, the predicted effectiveness of the intervention, and the feasibility of intervening to address the problem. This method requires a technique to allocate a score for each criterion and each health condition. According to hospitalized morbidity rates registered between 1995-2003, using prioritization method, we detected the main causes to address for improving the activity of Emergency Military Hospital "Dr. Iacob Cihac" Iaşi through a better selection of the inpatients and primary health care and community involvement. The presentation of the results situated on the top cardiovascular diseases, and on the last place the bone and articular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină, Disciplina de Sănătate Publică si Management.
authors.forename: Iliescu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maria Liliana
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Botez
authors.forename: Georgeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanoschi
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania; D012720:Severity of Illness Index