Effects of turnover and stability of health staff on quality of care in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the relationship between markers of staff employment stability and use of short-term healthcare workers with markers of quality of care. A secondary objective was to identify clinic-specific factors which may counter hypothesised reduced quality of care associated with lower stability, higher turnover or higher use of short-term staff.

Design

Retrospective cohort study (Northern Territory (NT) Department of Health Primary Care Information Systems).

Setting

All 48 government primary healthcare clinics in remote communities in NT, Australia (2011-2015).

Participants

25 413 patients drawn from participating clinics during the study period.

Outcome measures

Associations between independent variables (resident remote area nurse and Abor

SUBMITTER: Jones MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8527144 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature