Relationship between changes in the public health nurses' workforce and the empirical Bayes estimates of standardized mortality ratio: a longitudinal ecological study of municipalities in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of public health nurses (PHNs) in the community is expected to become increasingly important, along with the promotion of a comprehensive community care system. However, a comprehensive study of all municipalities is yet to be undertaken, and the relationship between the workforce of PHNs and health indicators is yet to be clarified. This study examined the effect of workforce change among PHNs, one of the structural indicators of PHNs' activities regarding changes in the empirical Bayes estimate of standardized mortality ratios (EBSMRs).

Methods

An ecological study was conducted using municipality-level aggregate data. The data used were publicly available Japanese government statistics. The first-difference model of panel data analysis was used to exami

SUBMITTER: Kodama S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022064 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature