Table 1.

WISN variables and related data gathered

WISN Variable	Definition	Data gathered
Available working time	No. of hours available for a health worker to report for duty in a year, taking into account all types of absences	No. of working days per week No. of working hours per day Public holidays Leaves/absences availed of by health workers: annual/vacation leaves, sick leaves, all other types of leaves, official training days
Workload components	Work activities that take up the health workers’ daily activity time. These are classified as health service, support, and additional activities.
Health service activities	Activities done by all members of the staff category for which annual statistics are collected	Refer to Appendices 1-3 Physicians: consultations, admission, discharge, etc. Nurses: patient assessment, nursing diagnosis and management, immunization, etc. Midwives: prenatal/postnatal care, family planning, child care, etc.
Support activities	Activities done by all members of the cadre for which annual statistics are not collected	Refer to Appendices 1-3 Physicians: health education, attendance to medicolegal cases, etc. Nurses: health education, documentation, reporting patient census, etc. Midwives: health education, home visits, housekeeping, etc.
Additional activities	Activities done only by certain (not all) members of the cadre for which annual statistics are not collected	Refer to Appendices 1-3 Supervision, management meetings, staff scheduling, disease surveillance, etc.
Workload statistics	Annual service statistics of the healthcare facility, which represent the accomplished health-related activities of the workers	Service statistics of each healthcare facility for 2022 (e.g., total number of consultations, deliveries, admission, etc.)
Activity standards	The time needed for a skilled, well-trained, and motivated worker to perform an activity based on professional standards in the local context	Obtained from the HRH2030 Philippines project, as set by the expert working groups for each cadre (see Appendices 1-3)