伊利诺伊州小型和农村医院的药剂师人员配备水平和空缺率调查。

Survey of pharmacy staffing levels and vacancy rates in small and rural hospitals in Illinois.

机构信息

Department of Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

出版信息

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013 Aug 15;70(16):1392-6. doi: 10.2146/ajhp120455.

DOI:10.2146/ajhp120455

PMID:23903477

Abstract

PURPOSE

The results of a survey evaluating pharmacy staffing and vacancies in small and rural hospitals in Illinois are reported.

METHODS

Questionnaires were mailed in November 2011 to pharmacy directors at 86 small and rural hospitals in Illinois. The survey included several items regarding human resources and staffing, and it used work-force items and methods similar to surveys conducted in 1991 and 2001. Descriptive analyses were used to assess differences in staffing and vacancies across different hospital sizes (number of staffed beds), and inferential statistics were used to compare selected hospital characteristics.

RESULTS

A total of 40 responses were received, yielding a response rate of 46.5%. Most rural hospitals reported having no vacancies in their pharmacy work force (62.5%, n = 25). Vacancy rates in 2011 were very low for pharmacists (1.8%), pharmacy technicians (2.5%), and pharmacy staff overall (2.1%). For several specific occupational titles, vacancy rates were zero. Nonetheless, adverse consequences (sites could report more than one effect) of vacancies included longer hours worked by part-time staff (27.5%, n = 11), reduced time to provide clinical pharmacy services (20.0%, n = 8), job dissatisfaction of remaining staff (17.9%, n = 7), and reduced time to provide drug distribution services (10.0%, n = 4).

CONCLUSION

The shortage of pharmacists in small and rural hospitals in Illinois largely subsided from 2001 to 2011, with many hospitals reporting no vacancies at all. The total number of actual full-time equivalent pharmacy staff has sizably increased since 2001.

摘要

目的

报告伊利诺伊州小型和农村医院药剂师人员配备和空缺情况的调查结果。

方法

2011 年 11 月，向伊利诺伊州 86 家小型和农村医院的药剂主任邮寄了问卷。该调查包括人力资源和人员配备的几个项目，它使用了类似于 1991 年和 2001 年进行的调查的劳动力项目和方法。描述性分析用于评估不同医院规模（配备床位数量）的人员配备和空缺情况的差异，并使用推断统计来比较选定的医院特征。

结果

共收到 40 份回复，回复率为 46.5%。大多数农村医院报告其药剂师队伍中没有空缺（62.5%，n=25）。2011 年药剂师（1.8%）、药剂技术员（2.5%）和药剂人员总体（2.1%）的空缺率非常低。对于几个特定的职业头衔，空缺率为零。尽管如此，空缺仍带来了一些不利后果（各医院可报告多个影响），包括兼职人员工作时间延长（27.5%，n=11）、提供临床药学服务的时间减少（20.0%，n=8）、剩余员工的工作满意度降低（17.9%，n=7）和提供药物分发服务的时间减少（10.0%，n=4）。