A labor and delivery service unit model for a multihospital health maintenance organization.
Number of deliveries is no longer a relevant measurement for allocation of nursing resources in labor and delivery. A service unit model, which reflected the nursing effort to care for labor and delivery patients and the variability and unpredictability of these patients' needs, was designed for a major multihospital system. The development of the Labor and Delivery Service Unit Model for the Northern California Region of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program is described.
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D002140:California; D003696:Delivery Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000592:standards*; D000078329:Workforce