title: Staffing of adult psychiatric inpatient facilities.
abstract: Administrators who have studied the relationship between facility staffing levels and quality of care have been frustrated by problems in defining case load and organizational structure. To help eliminate ambiguity, the authors propose criteria for setting staffing levels for several types of inpatient wards in public psychiatric facilities, based on reporting, observation, and analysis of daily tasks performed by staff at an adult psychiatric center with 600 patients. Definitions of understaffing, minimal staffing, and optimal staffing are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Buffalo Psychiatric Center, New York 14213.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Treanor
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Cotch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002017:Budgets / Q000639:trends; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009518:New York; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*