title: [The Portfolio Activities Matrices; a strategic planning tool for guiding decision making in healthcare management].
abstract: Management of healthcare organizations relies on the availability of decision-making tools. The Portfolio Activities Matrices is a method that can be applied to healthcare management. It allows simultaneous evaluation of indicators of efficiency, case-mix, cost and demand, so that the strengths and weaknesses of the organization may be identified. The method is complex and may have some degree of subjectivity. Nevertheless, it is a useful tool for performing the evaluations necessary for strategic planning management decisions, which must consider available resources as well as the social role of the organization.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Statistica Medica. Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica. Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Università di Bari. trerotoli@igiene.uniba.it
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trerotoli
authors.forename: Savina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soldano
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serio
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000592:standards*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy