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PURPOSE: To establish the annual cost of the Ophthalmology Service in <<La Mancha-Centro>> Hospital, according to its admission activity. Our last objective is to publish the management terms in our ophthalmology specialty. METHODS: We have done a one year analytic study of 766 patients classified into Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) in relation to the annual cost of this activity in our service. RESULTS: We have determined the annual cost of our service as well as the DRGs of the studied sample. The most frequent DRG was number 39 (crystalline procedures), 65% of the sample. We have obtained an average stay lower than the national average stay in each group. CONCLUSIONS: At present, this systematic study and evaluation of annual cost in our specialty is a necessity because it permits a correct future planning by ordering the main objectives, a better use of resources and to know the impact of the service in the economy of the hospital. The modern hospital is a service company and not relating the assistential quality with the cost may cause a crisis of the Health National System
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