02210cam a2200229Mi 4500020001800000020001500018050001800033100001900051245005800070260004900128300003800177505055400215505058800769505036701357650003001724650003601754650002501790650003701815700002201852700002301874856008301897  a9789240687042  a9240687041 4aRA 971.3bSHE1 aShepard, D. S.10aAnalysis of Hospital Costs :ba manual for Managers /  aGeneva :bWorld Health Organization,cc2000.  aviii, 92 pages :bIllustrations ;0 aPreface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Computing unit costs using line item expenditure data -- Defining the final product of the cost analysis -- Defining cost centres -- Identifying the full cost for each input -- Assigning inputs to cost centres -- Allocating all costs to final cost centres -- Computing the unit cost for each cost centre -- Reporting results -- Chapter 2. Using cost data to improve management of a hospital -- Cost data at cost centre or department level -- Cost data at hospital level -- Hospital revenues.8 aChapter 3. Using cost data to improve management of a hospital system -- Estimating volumes and costs in a hospital system -- Allocation of a budget between hospitals -- Improving hospital efficiency -- Refining the hospital's role in the health system -- References -- Methodology of cost analysis -- Country studies -- Other studies -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Tables for computing unit cost at Hospital X -- Appendix 2. Step-down allocation using direct cost -- Appendix 3. Table of annualization factors -- Appendix 4. Exercises -- Exercise 1. A district hospital in Bangladesh.8 aExercise 2. Should we contract out laundry services? -- Exercise 3. A missed opportunity -- Exercise 4. The wish list -- Exercise 5. Data sources and analysis -- Exercise 6. Hospital reform case study -- Answers -- Answers to Exercise 1 -- Answers to Exercise 2 -- Answers to Exercise 3 -- Answers to Exercise 4 -- Answers to Exercise 5 -- Answers to Exercise 6. 0aHospitals - cost control. 0aHospitals - costs of operation.12aHospitals - finance.12aHospitals - prospective payment.1 aHodgkin, Dominic.1 aAnthony, Yvonne E.40uhttps://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=753777