Analyzing supply and demand on a general internal medicine ward: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The capacity of general internal medicine (GIM) clinical teaching units has been strained by decreasing resident supply and increasing patient demand. The objective of our study was to compare the number of residents (supply) with the volume and duration of patient care activities (demand) to identify inefficiency.

Methods

Using the most recently available data from an academic teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario, we identified each occurrence of a set of patient care activities that took place on the clinical teaching unit from 2015 to 2019. We completed a descriptive analysis of the frequencies of these activities and how the frequencies varied by hour, day, week, month and year. Patient care activities included admissions, rounds, responding to pages, meeting

SUBMITTER: Fralick M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598238 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature