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Table 1 Main services, work productivity, and proportion of work allocation by professionals and level of care

From: Forecasting imbalances of human resources for health in the Thailand health service system: application of a health demand method

Professionals

Main services

Primary care

Secondary and tertiary care

Proportion of workload (%)

time/service (hours)

Proportion of workload (%)/number

time/service (hours)

Doctors

OP Treatment

20%

0.12

100%

0.12

IP treatment

–

–

100%

0.33

Surgery

–

–

100%

2.5a

Normal delivery

–

–

100%

0.25

Abnormal delivery

–

–

100%

2.5

A&E services

–

–

100%

0.25

ICU services

–

–

100%

1

Ultrasound services

–

–

100%

0.25

Nurses

OP Treatment

100%

0.2

100%

0.2

IP treatment

–

–

100%

3.5

Surgery

–

–

100%

4a

Normal delivery

–

–

100%

7a

Abnormal delivery

–

–

100%

4a

A&E services

–

–

100%

0.6

ICU services

–

–

100%

12

Ultrasound services

–

–

100%

1

Pharmacists

OP Dispensing

20%

0.08

70%

0.08

IP Dispensing

–

–

70% of patient days

0.08

Dentists

General services

100%

0.47

100%

0.47

Special services

–

–

100%

2

IP services

–

–

100%

3

Physiotherapists

PT services

100%

0.8

100%

0.8

Thai traditional practitioners

Diagnosis

17.5% of OP

0.12

17.5% of OP

0.12

Thai traditional treatment

70% of above

1

70% of above

1

Medical Technicians

Specimen collection

–

–

100%

0.02

Hematology services

–

–

100%

0.15

Microscope services

–

–

100%

0.17

Clinical chemistry services

–

–

100%

0.03

Immunology services

–

–

100%

0.1

Microbiology services

–

–

100%

0.33

Molecular biology and blood services

–

–

100%

0.18

  1. aOperation carried out at secondary and tertiary services require 1.5 doctors and 2.5 nurses per case. Normal delivery requires 2 nurses and abnormal delivery require 2.5 nurses for each case