The importance of health care institutions’ management is accepted about 20 years ago. First in Lithuania the post of hospital administrator was established in Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine in 1996. It is the first investigation of the expediency’s appreciation of hospital administrator’s post in Lithuania. Aim of the study: to evaluate the appreciation of the hospital administrator’s post. Objectives: 1) To analyse papers influencing on hospital administrator’s job. 2) To investigate and compare the opinion of hospital administrators and departments’ chiefs about the necessity of manager in hospital. Methods: The study consists of the responses of 34 chiefs and 54 administrators of departments of Kaunas Medical University Hospital. We asked questions of chiefs and administrators to determine the necessity of administrator’s role in health care organization, what functions hospital administrators should do. The administrators’ response rate was 65% (35 of 54), the chiefs’ rate was 79% (27 of 35). There were used T and Chi-square tests, hospital administrators were compare to chiefs of departments. In all instances statistical significance is set at 0.05 level. Results: There is done the analysis of health care institutions’ management and roles of hospital administrator. By investigation in Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine all chiefs of departments (100%) and almost all hospital administrators (97%) predicate that the post of hospital administrator is... [to full text]