title: [Evaluation of work results in the Department of Neurology Split, University Hospital, in one-year period compared to the national standards].
abstract: Department of Neurology, Split University Hospital has 77 contracted hospital beds. 70 health professionals were employed in the Department; 17 medical doctors and 53 nurses. Aim was to evaluate work results in the one-year period with emphasis on the number of employed health professionals compared to the standards defined by the Ministry of Health. Age median of medical doctors specialists was 42.0 years. Length of stay median was 8.0 days. Average bed occupation rate in the Department of Neurology in 2005 was 88%. Shortage of nurses in the Department was determined as the result of analyses of required number of nurses for the Department compared with national standards. Despite the shortage of medical professionals in the Department, work results were better than national, displayed with average bed occupation rate and average length of stay. Neurological diseases have growing share in the human pathology, and adequate organization and implementation of out-of-clinic and clinic health services is a priority in the national health strategy.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za neurologiju, Klinicka bolnica Split. ibilic@kbsplit.hr
authors.forename: Ivica
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bilić
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagat
authors.forename: Ozren
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Polasek
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lusić
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marović
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009462:Neurology