Measurement of Human Resource Demand of Medical Institution Inspection Based on Task Analysis

摘要

Purpose:To estimate the human resource demand of health inspection agencies to carry out the medical institution inspection function, and to provide the basis for the rational allocation of health inspection human resources.Methods:Through policy documents review, inquiry of data from national health inspection report, Shanghai Health Inspection core business system, the basic data were collected. Based on the task analysis, the inspection functions of health inspection agency were investigated. The functional work links were analyzed, and the working time consumption was measured. The manpower needed to complete the inspection tasks of medical institutions was calculated combining with the annual functional workload and the effective working time of inspectors.Results:There were three main routine functions of medical institution inspection, namely, on-site inspection, administrative punishment, and handling of emergencies and complaints. There were 1871 medical institutions at all levels and types in Pudong New Area, with an average annual inspection frequency of 2.8 times, annual administrative penalty of 245 cases, and handling of emergencies and complaints of 330 cases. The total time required for functional work was 1656029.30 minutes, and the annual effective working time of single inspector was 66705.21 minutes. About 25 people were taken to complete the inspection tasks of medical institutions throughout the year. The number of personnel engaged in the inspection of medical institutions was 18, and the personnel gap was 7.Conclusion:The task analysis was an effective method to estimate the human resource demand of health inspection. In Pudong New Area, there were insufficient inspectors in medical institutions. In the case of insufficient human resource supplement, it was suggested to use technical means to improve work efficiency and save manpower investment.? 2021 Liu et al.