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Downsizing within a hospital: cutting care or just costs?

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  • Brown, Claire
  • Arnetz, Bengt
  • Petersson, Ove

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Downsizing of staff is becoming increasingly common in hospitals as a way to meet the demands of shrinking budgets. This study, based in Sweden, used a longitudinal design to study staff views of their work environment, their individual health and the quality of the care they were delivering during a period of hospital downsizing. Although there were no significant changes in perceptions of quality of care, perceptions of workload substantially increased whilst perceptions of mental energy substantially decreased. These two changes could point to future problems with quality of care after a period of hospital downsizing.

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  • Brown, Claire & Arnetz, Bengt & Petersson, Ove, 2003. "Downsizing within a hospital: cutting care or just costs?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 57(9), pages 1539-1546, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:57:y:2003:i:9:p:1539-1546
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    1. Ian Blackman & Julie Henderson & Eileen Willis & Patricia Hamilton & Luisa Toffoli & Claire Verrall & Elizabeth Abery & Clare Harvey, 2015. "Factors influencing why nursing care is missed," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 24(1-2), pages 47-56, January.
    2. Sandra Blomqvist & Kristina Alexanderson & Jussi Vahtera & Hugo Westerlund & Linda L Magnusson Hanson, 2018. "Downsizing and purchases of psychotropic drugs: A longitudinal study of stayers, changers and unemployed," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(8), pages 1-16, August.
    3. Knut Røed & Elisabeth Fevang, 2007. "Organizational Change, Absenteeism, and Welfare Dependency," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 42(1).

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