Personnel management
  • 2019 № 6 Medical staff resources of the Moscow psychiatric service during its reform

    Medical staff resources of the Moscow psychiatric service during its reform. Since 2010, a modernization of the psychiatric service has been carried out in Moscow. Reforms affect both outpatient and inpatient units. An analysis of the staff resources of the service reflects the effectiveness of the reforms. The aim of the study was to improve the quality of psychiatric care based on the analysis of staff resources of the Moscow psychiatric service. The article presents data on the staff resources of the psychiatric service in 2008-2017. During the modernization of the psychiatric service, the number of psychiatrists was at a high level, the provision of psychiatrists to the Moscow population of was higher than the average provision to the Russian Federation. Growth in the number and staffing of ambulatory rates in psychiatric institutions in Moscow in 2015-2017 partially compensated for the decrease in the number and staffing rates in psychiatric hospitals, however, there is currently a staff shortage in the psychiatric service of Moscow, as indicated by the excess of job-sharing coefficients in individual institutions. During the study period, there was a positive change in the number of visits per 1 psychiatrist.

    Authors: Masyakin V. A. [1]

    Tags: community-based  psychiatry2 health care  surveys2 medical staff7 mental  health  services2 nursing  staff4

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