Estimating staffing requirements using workload indicators of staffing need at Braun District Hospital in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Table 1 Available working time for all the staff at Braun District Hospital

Cadre	Working days per week	Working hours per day	Annual leave	Public holidays	Training days	Non-working days	Non-working weeks	Working weeks	Working days	No. of hours per year
Dental therapist	5	8		10		10	2	50	250	2000
Laboratory assistant	5	8		10		10	2	50	250	2000
Health extension officer	5	8	15	10	5	30	6	46	230	1840
Medical officer	5	8		10	5	15	3	49	245	1960
Midwives	5	8	14	10		24	4.8	47.2	236	1888
Outpatient nurses	5	8	15	10		25	5	47	235	1880
Ophthalmic assistants	5	8	23	10		33	6.6	45.4	227	1816
In patient nurses	5	8	15	10		25	5	47	235	1880
Theatre nurses	5	8	15	10		25	5	47	235	1880
Anaesthetic technical officer	5	8		10		10	2	50	250	2000
Physiotherapist	5	8	30	10		40	8	44	220	1760
Pharmacy assistant	5	8	5	10		15	3	49	245	1960
X-ray assistant	5	8		10		10	2	50	250	2000

The study also involved non-clinical health workers who work for 8 h for 5 days per week and rest on public holidays at 2080 h per year
Another set were non-clinical staff whose positions are filled throughout the year at 8736 h per year in shifts

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