SIZING THE WORKFORCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW
Work Management, dimensioning for work management
This research deals with one of the most powerful and complex practices in health work management: personnel dimensioning. The objectives of this study are to highlight the contributions of dimensioning to the management of work in public health institutions; to identify the scientific production related to dimensioning in the area of Work Management; to identify how the personnel dimensioning methodology has been used in public health institutions, in addition to understanding the reasons that lead health institutions to implement the dimensioning practice. An integrative literature review was carried out on the theme of workforce dimensioning, with emphasis on the health area. The purpose of identifying practical experiences and conceptually deepening the subject has as its objective image to present to the Secretary's manager a planning instrument that, when applied, can avoid the excessive supply of professionals, identify possible insufficiencies related to the number of personnel, identify technical information needed to expand managerial skills and support managers' decision-making, with a view to ensuring the best execution of the work and efficiency in the provision of services. It is believed that the systematization and analysis of experiences regarding the practice of staff dimensioning in health, recorded in the literature, can help health departments that have not yet elected such a practice to start their implementation processes.