The aim of this paper is to present a systematic investigation of hospital costs per medical procedure and thus contribute to improving the management of the operating results of health institutions. Research costs in health care usually have focused on the choice and application of methods of costing (ABC, cost centers), without giving emphasis to the generation of data for decision making. However, the deployment of a cost system in health institutions, in addition to providing cost management, should also assist in the analysis of results. Research can be classified as applied, exploratory and qualitative use of action research. We proposed a systematic comprised of thirteen sequential stages allowing the hospital to verification of the result by hospital medical procedure. It was concluded that the use of systematic information available to the hospital that allow the knowledge of the cost per procedure, and other information that contribute to the improvement of performance management.
Method of costs centers; Analysis of results; Analysis procedures; Cost-volume-profit; Hospital costs
