Making the transition to workload-based staffing: Using the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need method in Uganda

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Namaganda, Grace ^a   Oketcho, Vincent ^b   Maniple, Everd ^c   Viadro, Claire ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b USAID   (United States)

^c UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Norms; Personnel staffing; Scope of practice; Task sharing; WISN; Workforce; Workload

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; NURSING ASSISTANT; SAMPLING; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; STAFF; WORKLOAD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; NURSE; NURSE MIDWIFE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; UGANDA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84948766065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0066-7     Document Type: Article

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