Generalizable items and modular structure for computerised physician staffing calculation on intensive care units

Table 8 Calculation of physician staffing in standby duty

Charcteristics of standby duty								Demand of physicians
Duty hours (shift)					07:15-16:09
Public holidays/year					11			Carryover of table total calculation, total time plus
Rest allowance in %					19.5			RA, LS, PT, CME, SA =
Working hours without break per day (h)					8.4			Sum net annual working time desired (h)				24511
Standard weekly hours of full-time employee (FE) in h					42			Sum number full-time physicians (net total) desired				14.5
Gross annual time per full-time employee FE (h)					2192
Net annual time per full-time employee FE (h) (without public holidays, holidays, illness)					1691
Shift	Days	Type	Start	End	Break h	Working hours without break h	Physician/shift	Demand physicians/wk		Demand physicians/yr
								Workdays/wk (n)	Workhours/wk	Workdays/yr (n)	Workhours/ yr net	Core time full-time employee/ yr net	Standby duty full-time employees/yr net
a. m. shift	Weekday		7:15	16:09	0.5	8.4	3	5	126	250	6300	3.7
p. m. shift	Weekday		13:30	22:24	0.5	8.4	2	5	84	250	4200	2.5
x shift	Weekday		0:00	0:00				5	0	250	0	0
a. m. shift	Weekday		7:15	16:09	0.5	8.4	0	2	0	104	0	0
p. m. shift	Weekday		0:00	0:00				2	0	104	0	0
x shift	Weekday		0:00	0:00				2	0	104	0	0
a. m. shift	Public holiday		7:15	16:09	0.5	8.4	2			11	184.8	0.1
p. m. shift	Public holiday		0:00	0:00			2			11	0	0
x shift	Public holiday		0:00	0:00			2			11	0	0
Standby duty	Weekday	1	0:00	0:00	0			5	0.0	250	0		0
Standby duty	Weekend	1	0:00	0:00	0			2	0.0	104	0		0
Standby duty	Public holiday	1	0:00	0:00	0					11	0		0
Standby duty	Weekday	2	16:09	8:00	0	15.85	2	5	158.5	250	7925		4.7
Standby duty	Weekend	2	7:15	8:00	0	24.75	2	2	99	104	5148		3
Standby duty	Public holiday	2	7:15	8:00	0	24.75	2			11	544.5		0.3
Senior physician	Weekend /public holiday		8:00	10:00	0	2	1	2	4	115	230		0.1
Inhouse special duty			0:00	0:00					0		0		0
Sum									261.5		24532.3	6.3	8.2
Sum core time, standby duty + special duties full-time employees net													14.5
Net demand											-21.7		0

CME: Continuing medical education; FE: Full-time employee; LS: Leadership; PT: Postgraduate training; SA: Staff appraisal.