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Table 3 Staff levels and supply–demand matches in Rhineland-Palatinate

From: Regional health workforce monitoring as governance innovation: a German model to coordinate sectoral demand, skill mix and mobility

Category

Total nurse workforce, head counts

RN workforce

AN workforce

Qualification mix

Practising nursing staff

39 390

35 453

3 937

9.0:1

 Hospital (54%)

21 449

20 532

917

 LTC (46%)

17 941

14 921

3 020

New supplya

3 278

2 659

619

4.3:1

New supply in % of practising nursing staff

8.3%

7.5%

15.7%

Relatively higher increase in ANs

Demand total and per sectorb

6 182

4 925

1 257

3.9:1

 Hospital

1 498

1 462

36

 LTC

4 684

3 463

1 221

Demand in % of practising nursing staff, total and sector

15.7%

13.8%

31.9%

Relatively higher demand for ANs and LTC

 Hospital

6.9%

7.1%

3.9%

 LTC

26.1%

23.2

40.4%

Shortage in % of practising staff total and per qualification

−2 904

−2 266

−638

Relatively higher shortage of ANs

7.4%

6.6%

16.2%

  1. Source: RLP Regional Health Workforce Monitoring, own calculations
  2. aHead counts, based on education outflow + unemployment data, 2010
  3. bHead counts, based on data collected from the provider institutions, 2010