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Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas

OBJECTIVE. Describe the distribution of the nursing workforce in countries of the Region of the Americas and the relation between the number of human resources in nursing and maternal mortality ratios. METHODS. Descriptive and exploratory analysis of 27 countries of the Region. The variables in the...

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Autores principales: Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli, Hoyos, Maria Cristina, Barreto, Maynara Fernanda Carvalho, Sives, Katie, da Silva, Fernando Antonio Menezes
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Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6386067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31093100
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.72
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author Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli
Hoyos, Maria Cristina
Barreto, Maynara Fernanda Carvalho
Sives, Katie
da Silva, Fernando Antonio Menezes
author_facet Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli
Hoyos, Maria Cristina
Barreto, Maynara Fernanda Carvalho
Sives, Katie
da Silva, Fernando Antonio Menezes
author_sort Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli
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description OBJECTIVE. Describe the distribution of the nursing workforce in countries of the Region of the Americas and the relation between the number of human resources in nursing and maternal mortality ratios. METHODS. Descriptive and exploratory analysis of 27 countries of the Region. The variables in the study were the proportion of health professionals per country and subregion; professional category; and nurse-to-physician ratio. The maternal mortality ratio was used as an overall indicator of the health of the population to analyze its relationship to the number of nurses. Frequency distribution and density of human resources in nursing were analyzed per country and subregion. RESULTS. The distribution of nursing personnel was heterogeneous. Some countries had more than 80 nurses per 10 000 population and others had fewer than five professionals per 10 000 population. In 34.1% of the countries, the nurse-to-physician ratio was less than 1. Differences in the distribution of nursing personnel were observed between regions and subregions, and within countries. CONCLUSIONS. In several countries, the number of nurses per capita was less than expected. The majority of the countries showed a significantly lower proportion of licensed nurses with respect to technical and auxiliary personnel. It is necessary to implement initiatives to increase the number of licensed nurses throughout the Region.
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spelling pubmed-63860672019-05-15 Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Hoyos, Maria Cristina Barreto, Maynara Fernanda Carvalho Sives, Katie da Silva, Fernando Antonio Menezes Rev Panam Salud Publica Investigación Original OBJECTIVE. Describe the distribution of the nursing workforce in countries of the Region of the Americas and the relation between the number of human resources in nursing and maternal mortality ratios. METHODS. Descriptive and exploratory analysis of 27 countries of the Region. The variables in the study were the proportion of health professionals per country and subregion; professional category; and nurse-to-physician ratio. The maternal mortality ratio was used as an overall indicator of the health of the population to analyze its relationship to the number of nurses. Frequency distribution and density of human resources in nursing were analyzed per country and subregion. RESULTS. The distribution of nursing personnel was heterogeneous. Some countries had more than 80 nurses per 10 000 population and others had fewer than five professionals per 10 000 population. In 34.1% of the countries, the nurse-to-physician ratio was less than 1. Differences in the distribution of nursing personnel were observed between regions and subregions, and within countries. CONCLUSIONS. In several countries, the number of nurses per capita was less than expected. The majority of the countries showed a significantly lower proportion of licensed nurses with respect to technical and auxiliary personnel. It is necessary to implement initiatives to increase the number of licensed nurses throughout the Region. Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2018-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6386067/ /pubmed/31093100 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.72 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. No modifications or commercial use of this article are permitted. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that PAHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the PAHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Cassiani, Silvia Helena De Bortoli
Hoyos, Maria Cristina
Barreto, Maynara Fernanda Carvalho
Sives, Katie
da Silva, Fernando Antonio Menezes
Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas
title Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas
title_full Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas
title_fullStr Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas
title_full_unstemmed Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas
title_short Distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la Región de las Américas
title_sort distribución de la fuerza de trabajo en enfermería en la región de las américas
topic Investigación Original
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6386067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31093100
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.72
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