104 research outputs found
Methodologies for determining staffing needs in healthcare: systematic literature review
The determination of staffing needs in healthcare is not just
calculating the optimal number of professionals but is defining
how the professional contingent accompanies the development
of the healthcare organisation and of the population’s care
needs. This research investigates the existence of a gold
standard for determining health personnel requirements. We
perform a systematic literature review to explore several
approaches worldwide, examining a wide range of contextual
variables, useful for the definition of an omni-comprehensive
approach. A total of 557 articles was initially detected, then
reduced to 57 after excluding everything not related to
healthcare context and staff planning models. Results do not
reveal a recognized standard for determining staffing needs.
Approaches to the definition of staffing standards are mainly
ex-ante (31%), based on the characteristics of specific models
and organisational needs, or ex-post (62%), based on
production analysis and historical trends. Most of these refer
to the medical and nursing category (68.4%), while the
minority proposes a multi-professional approach (17.5%).
This review highlights innovative approaches based on
algorithms which, starting from historical data, are adjusted
by moderating key variables such as contextual factors,
healthcare organisation models and professional attributes.
The review suggests:
1. Develop and share a unique tool for defining standards
based on several variables that identify the characteristics of the
context
2. Use up-to-date information flows and quality data
3. Consider a multi-professional approach
4. Adopt a long-term vision and continuous dialogue with the
training process
It is clear the need to develop a tool for the definition of
personnel requirements in line with internal and external
changes in the health system. Therefore, such models need to
account for an adequate number of variables, useful to identify
the characteristics of the overall context.
Key messages:
The development of staffing needs estimates must necessarily rely on a certain level of standardisation, but at the same
time must take into account the variability characterising
different contexts.
In order to respond to recent demographic and epidemiological trends, it is crucial to include in the model skill mix
and task shifting strategies involving health professionals as a
whole
Only hearing what they want to hear: Assessing when and why performance information triggers intentions to coproduce
While performance information is often used to communicate the importance of public policies and stimulate civic engagement, we know little about the processes that connect the two. This study proposes a conceptual model that links performance information to a specific form of public engagement: coproduction. Drawing on insights from information aversion theory, we argue that the effect of performance information on engagement in coproduction depends on levels of policy understanding and the valence of performance information that individuals are exposed to. Specifically, we predict that individuals exposed to positive performance information will understand the policy better than those exposed to negative performance information. Further, we predict that higher levels of policy understanding will increase coproduction engagement intentions. These predictions are examined using two experiments and a representative sample of US residents (n = 836). Findings indicate that participants best understood positive information and that understanding significantly increased coproduction engagement intentions
Seleção de rizobactérias com efeito ovicida e nematicida sobre Meloidogyne javanica visando o biocontrole do nematoide em cana-de-açúcar.
Populações de plantas e estratégias de manejo de irrigação na cultura da soja.
Este trabalho teve por objetivo verificar o efeito do manejo da irrigação e da população de plantas sobre o rendimento de grĂŁos em soja semeada apĂłs a Ă©poca recomenda. O experimento foi conduzido de janeiro a maio de 2005 na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi blocos ao acaso com parcelas subdivididas e quatro repetições. Nas parcelas principais foram distribuĂdos trĂŞs manejos de irrigação: 1) nĂŁo-irrigado; 2) irrigado todo o ciclo; e 3) irrigado nos perĂodos crĂticos. Nas subparcelas foram distribuĂdas duas populações de plantas (250.000 e 400.000 plantas ha-1). Para as plantas irrigadas todo o ciclo ou somente nos perĂodos crĂticos, o rendimento de grĂŁos nĂŁo diferiu entre as populações testadas. O rendimento de grĂŁos das plantas nĂŁo-irrigadas teve um incremento de 21% com o aumento da população de plantas para 400.000 plantas ha-1
Nematoides Fitoparasitas da Cana-de-açúcar: Ocorrência, Danos e Manejo.
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Fitonematoides associados Ă cultura de soja na regiĂŁo serrana do estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Abertura floral de Dendranthema grandiflora Tzvelev. ´Bronze Repin´após rmazenamento a frio seguido de “pulsing”
Crescimento, duração do ciclo e produção de inflorescências de crisântemo multiflora sob diferentes números de despontes e tamanhos de vasos
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