DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR THE INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION OF MANPOWER RESOURCES IN A THOUSAND-BED UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HOSPITAL.

摘要

A study was made to determine an effective means of distributing personnel on the basis of workload. The study was of a statistical nature,examining relationships between many variables and developing standards based upon these relationships. The primary measure of workload was a device currently in use by the Air Force Medical Service known as the Composite Weighted Work Unit. This mechanism applies weighted values to four factors accounting for patient care workload --occupied beds,admissions,births,and outpatient visits --and treats the combined result as a composite measure of workload. This study tested the Composite Weighted Work Unit's adaptability for internal use within a large hospital in measuring departmental workloads against an overall hospital workload,thereby providing a basis for reviewing the distribution of manpower resources. Indications are that a composite weighted work unit,carefully developed and judiciously applied,can be a valuable management tool in the administration of a large and complex hospital organization. (Extracted)