title: [Hospital efficiency measured by bed space use in a secondary care hospital].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In recognition that the availability of resources in the medical facility forms part of the factors that influence the quality of healthcare, it is of vital importance to measure their outcome. The aim of this study was determine the efficiency of the medical facility through the use of beds in a secondary level hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Through the Health Information Management System (HIMS), we examined statistical reports from July 2012 to June 2013 including variables such as expenses, patient days, occupancy rate, average length of stay by specialty and medical division, results were obtained for each strategic indicator, and these results were related assumptions proposing to assess hospital efficiency.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, we identified optimal efficiency of the medical facility without analysis of services, leads to deteriorating and low efficiency. The overall outcome of the five indicators applied overlooked saturation of services within the medical unit. However, the overall analysis shows the problem, noting the advantage of evaluating the same scenario from different perspectives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The include indicators measuring hospital efficiency resource based bed, allows considering deficiencies identified, so that decision making is strengthened the decision making health.
authors.affiliation: Coordinación de Información y Análisis Estratégico, Jefatura de Prestaciones Médicas, Delegación Estatal en Chiapas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Chiapas, Tapachula, México. roberto.moreno@imss.gob.mx.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno-Martínez
authors.forename: Rocío Alejandra
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Martínez-Cruz
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D063728:Secondary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Efficiency; Health services administration; Management indicators; Resource allocation