The Dr. Efran and Bagedo General Hospital, being a private establishment and also a non-profit organisation utilizes its funds in the day to day running of the organisation. Of these funds, the doctors usually pay a certain amount for the use of the hospital’s consulting rooms and there are also funds from the little percentage of the total cost of treatment that is usually charged on patients. The hospital also has a variety of members who contribute to a health fund. The hospital charges service providers such as those offering radiology and dialysis services, the car park operators and the coffee shops for operating in the hospital. The most important source of revenue for the hospital is the health funds, which is mainly made of payments from the vast majority of the patients. This is done through per day payments or case based payments depending on the services rendered to a particular patient. The health fund agreements are usually negotiated from time to time and this is meant to increase the revenue that the hospital receives from the fund. The main hospital expenses includes: salaries paid to the staff; payments for support services such as cleaning; and the procurement of patient’s food, equipment and other utilities. The main expense of the organisation is staffing which consumes about 70 percent of the revenue allocation, which also includes agency staff. The hospital is not meant to make any profits from its operations. The aim of the hospital is to provide quality health care services to its patients who are mainly drawn from the nearby community. It also provides research and training facilities to health and medical students as well as researchers. Since it is not a profit making organisation any funds collected are reintegrated into the hospital which then subsidises its services and also offers some services free especially to the poor in society. The major health services provided by the Dr. Efran and Bagedo General Hospital are: pathology and radiology; orthopaedics; gynaecology and obstetrics; renal dialysis; cardiac surgery, vascular and angiography services; lung and respiratory medicine; neurosurgery; emergency medical services; intensive care units and neonatal intensive care unit and finally, outpatient clinics. I am aware of the costs of the services provided by the hospital and I believe it is imperative that the staff be aware of the costs of the services they provide so as to be more informative to the patient. Since the payments made by the patient to the hospital are through their own funds or from the health insurance claims, it helps them plan their treatment in advance and manage their expenses. The Dr. Efran and Bagedo General Hospital has a documentation system policy though this is done for official purposes only. The only information that the hospital management is keen on implementing is the hospital’s cash inflows since this impact directly on their credibility as managers. However, it is imperative that the staff should document the information collected on procedures performed, patient diagnosis and stay patterns and implement the deductions given. This is meant to ensure that they provide their patients with quality services since they can have follow u