'Indicators of staffing need': assessing health staffing and equity in Papua New Guinea

Describes the development of the ISN methodology. The methodology consists of identifying the major components of a health worker's job, estimating the standard workload for that job (that is, the amount of work which one person in the job could do in a year), and then using the workload standa...

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Published in:Health policy and planning 1990-06, Vol.5 (Jun 90), p.167-176
Main Authors: Kolehmainen-Aitken, R-L, Shipp, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessment
Health services
Indicators
Papua New Guinea
Staffing
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Summary:Describes the development of the ISN methodology. The methodology consists of identifying the major components of a health worker's job, estimating the standard workload for that job (that is, the amount of work which one person in the job could do in a year), and then using the workload standards and the service statistics to derive the recommended number of staff for a health activity or facility. Examples are given from the analyses of rural and hospital nurses, pharmacy personnel and doctors, and the main methodological difficulties are discussed. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0268-1080