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The degree of cost accounting development in the context of hospital information system

Author(s): Magdalena Kludacz-Alessandri, Wioletta Baran, Małgorzata Cygańska, Małgorzata Macuda, Monika Raulinajtys-Grzybek
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Micro-Economics, Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Księgowych w Polsce
Keywords: cost accounting; hospital information system; data integration

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the results of research on the model of hospital cost accounting maturity obtained in the second stage of own research. The aim of the conducted research was to identify the premises of cost accounting maturity in the context of the hospital information system. In order to achieve thus defined goal, a research hypothesis was formulated that the level of the maturity of hospital cost accounting depends on the degree of achievement of goals resulting from external and internal information needs of data recipients. It has been accepted that external needs determining the maturity of cost accounting arise from formal regulations. In the case of hospitals functioning as independent public health care centers, they have been recommended for use for 27 years. As regards the internal needs, the so called substantive integration of cost and medical data has been defined, among other things. The research shows that both formal regulations and managerial needs determine the level of cost accounting maturity. It also indicates that the substantive integration of the collected data serving the needs of the management is more important than the technical integration of hospital information system.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 103
  • Page Range: 63-80
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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