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Assessing the midwifery workforce demand: Utilising Birthrate Plus in China
Jiasi Yao1, Xiu Zhu1, Hong Lu1
1Peking University, School of Nursing, Xueyuan Road 38th, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Objective:
To assess the ability of the Birthrate Plus Workforce Planning Methodology (BR+) to forecast midwifery workforce demand in Chinese settings.
Design:
A retrospective analysis of medical records.
Setting:
ten hospitals in Beijing District.
Methods:
Hospitals were selected using stratified sampling methods. The client category and midwife hours in each hospital were analysed over 1 month in consecutive three years (2013, 2014, and 2015).
Findings:
Client category allocation varied between different hospital levels; Clients in higher category tended to need longer midwife hours; Mean birthrate of the ten hospitals was 154.30 (SD=40.700). Seven out of the ten hospitals were in need of more midwives.
Conclusions:
Birthrate Plus was proved to be effective and efficient in Chinese settings; Gaps between available and needed midwives were large and prevalent in Chinese hospitals.
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