hwfe: Health care work force data

In mrc-ide/esft: WHO ESFT Calculations

Health care work force data

Description

HWFE tool methodology, combined with LMIC-specific inputs from consultations, e.g., with Ethiopian clinical leads. Shows patient time per 24 hours by severity type.

Usage

hwfe

Format

A data frame with 21 rows and 7 variables:

occupational_title

Occupational title

patient_t24_mild

Patient time per 24 hrs per mild case

patient_t24_mod

Patient time per 24 hrs per moderate case

patient_t24_sev

Patient time per 24 hrs per severe case

patient_t24_crit

Patient time per 24 hrs per critical case

patient_t24_screen

Patient time per 24 hrs for screening/triage

esft_group

Category of worker in ESFT

Details

Also uses adaptt tool: https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/pages/strengthening-the-health-system-response-to-covid-19/surge-planning-tools/adaptt-surge-planning-support-tool These tools yield different outputs based on different focus + models. Note ESFT has SEIR models, other tools use simplified projections/epi models. These are simplified groups from HWC Need worksheet (external). Patient time is given across different settings, according to staff skills and scope of practice. Note that only hours/day is used in the calculations.

Source

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Health-Workforce-Estimator-HWFE-tool-applies-the-WISN-approach-to-caring-for-COVID_fig3_358174845

mrc-ide/esft documentation built on July 31, 2023, 2:30 p.m.