Design of Alternative Provider Team Configurations: Experience in Both Developed and Developing Countries

Authors

Lilia I. Duran
Arnold Reisman

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-1-1981

Abstract

Job Evaluation, a time-honored industrial engineering technique developed for manual labor rate-setting was used to design new personnel resource teams for providing anesthesiology services in well-known U.S. hospitals on the one hand, and for delivering primary care in regions of Latin America on the other. This paper discusses the use of this technique in designing job descriptions for new allied professionals, and for designing the curricula necessary to train same. Experience to date in integrating the products of these curricula into health provider teams in U.S. tertiary care institutions and in primary care within several countries of Latin America indicates the soundness of this approach.

Keywords

Operations research, Job evaluation, Industrial engineering, Anesthesiology, Primary health care--Latin America, Allied health personnel--Job descriptions, Medical personnel--Latin America, Health services administration

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 497

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

Recommended Citation

Duran, Lilia I. and Reisman, Arnold, "Design of Alternative Provider Team Configurations: Experience in Both Developed and Developing Countries" (1981). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 143.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/143