title: FOR WHOM DO WE TOIL?
abstract: Indoor workload of a zonal service hospital for one month was studied. Service personnel and their dependents form the bulk of workload. Though the absolute number of ex-servicemen and their dependents is small, the resources spent on them are quite high. The average stay in hospital is 15 days. Rapid turnover of the patients reveals appropriate utilization of resources. Optimization of resources is possible by reducing the number of admissions for administrative purposes.
authors.affiliation: Deputy Assistant Director of Health, 18 Inf Div C/O 56 APO.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Classified Specialist (Pathology & Microbiology), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gokhale
keywords: Exservicemen; Hospital Admission; Medical facility; Resource Utilisation; Servicemen