Assessment of staffing needs for physicians and nurses at Upazila health complexes in Bangladesh using WHO workload indicators of staffing need (WISN) method.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the current workload and staffing need of physicians and nurses for delivering optimum healthcare services at the Upazila Health Complexes (UpHCs) in Bangladesh.

Design

Mixed-methods, combining qualitative (eg, document reviews, key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, observations) and quantitative methods (time-motion survey).

Setting

Study was conducted in 24 health facilities of Bangladesh. However, UpHCs being the nucleus of primary healthcare in Bangladesh, this manuscript limits itself to reporting the findings from the providers at four UpHCs under this project.

Participants

18 physicians and 51 nurses, males and females.

Primary outcome measures

Workload components were defined based on inputs from five

SUBMITTER: Joarder T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045064 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature