Birthrate Plus-Midwifery Services : A Framework for Workforce Planning & Decision Making for Midwifery Services Book

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The development of workforce planning systems; How birthrate was developed as a method for assessing client need for midwifery care during intrapartum care; How to the birthrate system; Using case-mix data to determine the number of beds needed; Using case-mix data to determine the number of beds needed; Using case-mix data as a basis for calculating ward staffing needs and antenatal clinics; Assessing staffing needs for community services and working through implications of developing caseload based practice; Managing change; Glossary; References; Appendices: Birthrate score sheet; Assessing allowances for holiday sickness and study leave; Formula for calculating midwife hours per case; Rationale for travel allowances in different locations; Assessing midwife hours per annum; Index