title: [Average duration of hospitalization and beds utility in general surgical departments in different health care systems].
abstract: We examined some data from surgical departments during health care reform (1998-2004) represented by three different financial support systems.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed duration of hospitalization, sickbeds utilization and number of hospitalization in 60 surgical departments in two different regions of Poland from 1998 to 2004.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We showed significant systematical decrease in duration of hospitalization. Increase in utilization of sickbeds was observed only until the year 2001 and then decrease up until year 2004. We also showed significant increase in number of hospitalization in large surgical departments (more than 30 beds). In small surgical departments (less than 30 beds) increase number of hospitalization was observed only until the year 2001.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This data showed beneficial trends in health care system during the reform.
authors.affiliation: Z Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im Mikołaja Kopernika w Lodzi.
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stelmach
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Olas-Janaszkiewicz
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maniecka-Bryła
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bryła
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*