Variation in understaffed/overstaffed patient shifts and costs between hospitals, for different baseline staffing scenarios, assuming empirical availability of temporary staff
Baseline staffing | Low | Standard | High | Low | Standard | High | Low | Standard | High | Low | Standard | High |
Hospital | Patient shifts | Understaffed | Overstaffed | Cost per patient-day | ||||||||
n | n | n | % | % | % | % | % | % | £ | £ | £ | |
A | 632 316 | 632 060 | 632 256 | 55.7 | 17.8 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 18.6 | 110 | 125 | 136 |
B | 1 361 556 | 1 361 430 | 1 361 442 | 69.9 | 36.1 | 26.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 125 | 138 | 144 |
C | 210 644 | 210 492 | 210 648 | 60.4 | 37.4 | 16.2 | 4.6 | 13.0 | 30.7 | 130 | 148 | 169 |
D | 719 490 | 719 632 | 719 741 | 66.8 | 34.4 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 119 | 132 | 137 |
Whole sample | 2 924 006 | 2 923 614 | 2 924 087 | 65.4 | 31.8 | 21.2 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 120 | 135 | 142 |
Average results across 10 runs of the simulation model.
For all hospitals, the 95% CIs were less than 1%/£0.50, so not reported.