Hospital Utilization: A Study of the Effective and Efficient Use of Hospital Facilities
Abstract
In this paper I have introduced some of the problems
the hospital has faced in the past and still faces today,
emphasizing the problem of inappropriate utilization.
I have included a discussion of the characteristics of the
patient population and also the determinants of the hospital
utilization rate. A major part of the paper is spent
discussing the hospitals' fight against ineffective utilization
through the use of the utilization committee. In the
discussion, I point out the lack of depth most of the
articles have had and go on to point out that utilization
is not only the effective use of the hospital but also
the efficient use of hospital facilities. I mention that
there have been major problems in the development of
committees and the control of utilization but that further
effort in this area will aid greatly in establishing the
proper utilization level.
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