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. 2018 Apr 24;8(4):e016367. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016367

Table 1.

Assumed optimal workload, and daily mean values of workload, staff resources and adverse events per ward in the data

Optimal
load,
lower
bound
Optimal
load,
upper
bound
OPC
per
nurse
Patients
per
nurse
OPC OPC
per
patient
Number of
nurses
Incident Patient
affected
Harm
to patient
>1
incident
Death n Number
of
OPC
classifications
Ward, id
D Infectious* 18.90 25.56 21.06 1.48 251.22 14.20 12.03 0.09 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.04 365 17.70
D Internal† 21.85 29.55 24.45 1.60 308.81 15.28 12.74 0.13 0.07 0.04 0.02 0.07 362 20.18
D Cardiology 21.88 29.60 25.98 1.89 355.99 13.75 13.98 0.26 0.11 0.08 0.03 0.08 365 25.90
D Surgical 16.85 22.79 23.88 1.41 425.36 16.87 17.80 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.08 365 25.19
D Orthopaedics 15.99 21.63 21.92 1.41 350.84 15.52 16.15 0.12 0.08 0.04 0.02 0.05 365 22.62
D Surgical 14.54 19.66 17.58 1.24 243.46 14.18 13.75 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.01 0.02 330 17.15
D Maternal 25.47 34.47 33.83 2.48 343.10 13.62 10.12 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 364 25.17
D Oncology 14.36 20.12 22.84 1.38 249.46 16.50 10.88 0.26 0.11 0.05 0.03 0.18 362 15.10
D Neurology 20.05 27.13 25.12 1.34 392.29 18.69 15.76 0.13 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.08 365 20.96
B Internal† 16.14 21.83 20.40 1.49 182.62 13.75 8.95 0.12 0.09 0.07 0.02 0.06 341 13.29
B Internal† 20.37 27.56 25.13 2.00 290.05 12.61 11.59 0.23 0.16 0.10 0.06 0.08 365 23.04
B Internal† 17.16 23.21 19.94 1.47 171.98 13.54 8.59 0.20 0.11 0.07 0.06 0.05 365 12.69
B Internal† 19.65 26.59 24.16 1.82 292.34 13.24 12.11 0.11 0.07 0.05 0.01 0.13 365 22.09
B Surgical 21.47 29.04 29.16 2.00 544.95 14.59 18.73 0.20 0.16 0.10 0.01 0.16 365 37.34
B Surgical 18.50 25.10 23.29 1.77 355.67 13.18 15.37 0.08 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.08 365 26.95
B Surgical 23.27 31.48 28.04 1.88 474.66 14.90 17.01 0.12 0.08 0.01 0.02 0.05 365 31.85
B Gynaecology 18.87 25.54 23.17 1.68 131.87 14.04 6.21 0.13 0.10 0.02 0.02 0.02 177 9.45
B Maternity 19.05 25.78 20.69 1.37 338.39 15.04 16.40 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 365 22.48
B Paediatrics 11.51 15.58 13.08 0.75 134.87 17.39 10.23 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 362 7.72
B Paediatrics 12.16 16.45 8.65 0.49 108.10 17.52 12.38 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 365 6.17
B Otology 17.45 23.60 22.45 1.81 224.67 12.36 9.87 0.11 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.01 298 18.12
B Neurology 16.25 21.98 19.37 1.37 245.29 14.24 12.68 0.08 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.07 365 17.30
B Lung 20.02 27.09 19.43 1.50 273.30 12.97 14.05 0.10 0.08 0.01 0.02 0.11 365 21.05
C Surgical 22.60 30.60 24.33 1.41 321.42 17.29 13.22 0.17 0.08 0.03 0.07 0.06 365 18.58
C Internal† 18.70 25.30 25.15 1.65 397.05 15.20 15.93 0.17 0.09 0.01 0.05 0.15 366 26.12
C Internal† 20.40 27.60 21.77 1.29 208.62 16.87 9.52 0.10 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.03 291 12.33
C Surgical 19.40 26.30 23.70 1.51 228.64 15.64 9.49 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 291 14.58
A Gynaecology 19.50 26.40 24.92 1.83 290.61 13.60 11.39 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 366 21.14
A Gynaecology 25.60 42.10 39.84 2.81 510.25 14.21 12.83 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.00 225 35.94
A Gynaecology 33.50 45.30 40.54 2.85 607.06 14.22 15.06 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 366 42.64
A Orthopaedics 16.80 22.70 20.29 1.33 430.29 15.18 21.19 0.10 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.04 366 28.30
A Paediatrics 12.30 14.90 13.33 0.97 165.18 13.85 12.34 0.15 0.10 0.08 0.04 0.00 366 11.95
A Paediatrics 11.00 14.20 11.16 0.70 117.12 16.05 10.57 0.09 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.01 360 7.31
A Paediatrics 8.90 12.00 9.29 0.54 91.18 17.36 9.67 0.09 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.00 363 5.24
A Surgical 21.10 28.50 24.45 1.48 273.20 16.50 11.24 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.06 364 16.54
A Rehabilitation 15.10 20.50 20.57 1.49 198.98 13.89 9.51 0.14 0.12 0.03 0.04 0.00 315 14.52
Total 18.52 25.22 22.41 1.53 294.59 14.97 12.93 0.11 0.07 0.03 0.02 0.05 12 475 19.97

Assumed optimal load refers to the established interval of optimal workload according to the PAONCIL measurement (OPC per nurse).

The variables are described in more detail in the main text.

*Infectious diseases.

†Internal medicine.

OPC, Oulu Patient Classification; PAONCIL, Professional Assessment of Optimal Nursing Care Intensity Level.