Figure 2
The diagram shows a hollow cylinder at the center divided into four equal sections, with each section numbered and explained in text around the cylinder as follows. Section 1 (top left) is labeled “1” and has the description: “Computation of the activities within the unit”, followed by two bullet points: “Hours worked per professional per medical specialty” and “Allocation of hours worked to the official organizational chart linked to administrative data that monitor production”. Section 2 (top right) is labeled “2”, and has the description: “Removal of the time spent on outpatient care”, followed by two bullet points: “Subtraction of the hours worked in outpatient care” and “Assigned percentage of the working time per medical specialty”. Section 3 (bottom right) is labeled “3”, and has the description: “Estimate of the staffing need range (min-max)”, followed by the text “Based on production and case mix complexity per medical specialty”. Section 4 (bottom left) is labeled “4”, and has the description: “Check that minimum requirements are met”, followed by the text: “After adding the staffing needs to deliver outpatient care, positioning of actual staffing to what should be”.Process of calculating hospital medical staffing requirements (Decreto Ministeriale 24.01.2023, 2023)