title: Managerial implications of calculating optimum nurse staffing in medical units.
abstract: A critical managerial decision in health care organizations is the staffing decision. We offer a model to derive an optimum mix of different staff categories that minimizes total cost subject to constraints imposed by the patient acuity system and minimum staffing policies in a medical unit of Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Alaska. We also indicate several managerial implications on how our results and their sensitivity analyses can be used effectively in decision making in a variety of categories.
authors.affiliation: School of Business, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bordoloi
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Weatherby
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000145:classification; D016014:Linear Models; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity