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Nurses allocation models for maternal and child health services

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  • S C K Chu

    (University of Hong Kong)

  • M P P Ho

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • K K Y Lee

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • H P Lo

    (City University of Hong Kong)

Abstract

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) centres in Hong Kong offer, for children aged below six and women of childbearing age, a comprehensive range of health services regularly performed by nurses of different ranks. While each rank has its specific duties, nurses of a higher rank can step down to the work of a more junior rank when necessary. However, cross-regional deployments of nurses occur less frequently. We develop goal programming models of ‘optimal’ MCH nurses allocation. The presence and absence of nurses’ ‘cross-over’ of work functions are explicitly considered. The results show that more equitable manpower levelling can be achieved, with flexibility (in the longer term) on cross-regional deployment of nurses as a possible way of operational improvement when the entire MCH service is taken as a whole.

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  • S C K Chu & M P P Ho & K K Y Lee & H P Lo, 2000. "Nurses allocation models for maternal and child health services," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 51(10), pages 1193-1204, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:51:y:2000:i:10:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601024
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601024
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    1. J P Oddoye & M A Yaghoobi & M Tamiz & D F Jones & P Schmidt, 2007. "A multi-objective model to determine efficient resource levels in a medical assessment unit," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 58(12), pages 1563-1573, December.

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