[Economic substantiation of intensifying the activities of pediatric surgical departments].

The article calculates the economical efficacy and averted economical loss in intensive work of a pediatric surgical department. The introduction of a complex of therapeutic and preventive measures producing a purposeful effect on the wound process made it possible to reduce postoperative complications to 0.3% and the general hospital stay to 3.0 days in a group of patients with "minor" surgical diseases and to hospitalize additionally at least 900 patients annually. More than 203,000 roubles are saved annually due to a shorter stay in the hospital and increased bed turnover.