Staff Absenteeism and Delivery of Healthcare Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Work attendance of more than 700 hospital workers was evaluated. The assessment of the number of medical services that were performed was based on monthly reports prepared for the national payer of health services.

Detailed Description
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A retrospective analysis of above-mentioned data, covering the period January-April 2019 and January-April 2020, was carried out. The evaluation of the staff's absence included all workers employed under an employment contract: 713 workers in 2019 and 747 workers in 2020. The variable number of employees was a result of the employment dynamics in the subsequent 2 years, due to variable quantity of healthcare services that were contracted with the national payer and changes in the form of employment of some hospital workers.Three types of analyses were carried out: global analysis, analysis taking into account division into specific professions and the analysis of absence in different hospital organizational units/areas. The absences due to medical reasons, holidays or childcare were analyzed together. The analysis of performing the contracted tasks was shown in relative values ( %). The analysis included the structure of contracted services dividing them into: Orthopedics (alloplasty and others), rehabilitation (person-day), rheumatology (drug trials and others). Considering the rehabilitation unit, it was subdivided into inpatient and outpatient wards due to temporary closure of the outpatient ward.

Official Title
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Staff Absenteeism and Delivery of Healthcare Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Wiktor Dega Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital in Poznań

Conditions
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COVID-19 Pandemic

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: COVID-19 pandemic


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: all workers employed under an employment contract Exclusion Criteria: not applicable
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Staff absenteeism<br>A retrospective analysis of above-mentioned data, covering the period January-April 2019 and January-April 2020, was carried out. The evaluation of the staff's absence included all workers employed under an employment contract: 713 workers in 2019 and 747 workers in 2020. | Other: COVID-19 pandemic<br>* The aim of the study was to evaluate the staff absenteeism in the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic at Wiktor Dega Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital in Poznań Poznań as well as to assess the level of performance of medical services that were assigned to the Hospital under contract with National Health Fund, the payer of public health services in Poland.<br>|
| healthcare services<br>The variable number of employees was a result of the employment dynamics in the subsequent 2 years, due to variable quantity of healthcare services that were contracted with the national payer and changes in the form of employment of some hospital workers | Other: COVID-19 pandemic<br>* The aim of the study was to evaluate the staff absenteeism in the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic at Wiktor Dega Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital in Poznań Poznań as well as to assess the level of performance of medical services that were assigned to the Hospital under contract with National Health Fund, the payer of public health services in Poland.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of days an individual person was absent | Number of days an individual person was absent during period of March and April 2019 (61 days) | March and April 2019 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Staff absenteeism, healthcare services