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Clinical Care Ratios: Differences in Allied Health Roles in New Zealand

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aut.relation.journalAustralian Health Review
dc.contributor.authorMcNicholl, Seamus Gary
dc.contributor.authorReid, Duncan
dc.contributor.authorBright, Felicity
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-14T22:07:08Z
dc.date.available2025-05-14T22:07:08Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractObjective Allied health workforce planning is difficult and needs to be informed by data. Clinical care ratios (CCR) are commonly used to differentiate between clinical and non-clinical demands. This study aimed to identify trends within and across allied health disciplines and determine if the CCR differed by allied health discipline within one New Zealand district. Methods Means of CCR data across six allied health roles over 1 year were compared using a one-way ANOVA. Post hoc analysis was conducted to determine role differences. Results There were statistically significant differences between the CCR of the six allied health disciplines. Both occupational therapy and physiotherapy had bimodal distributions of CCR. Allied health assistants had the lowest mean and median CCR. Conclusions Non-clinical activity represents a significant proportion of allied health activity within the New Zealand hospital system. Insights into the CCR of allied health disciplines may support more effective workforce planning and enable service leaders to match the right task to the right profession.
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Health Review, ISSN: 0156-5788 (Print), CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/ah24069
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/ah24069
dc.identifier.issn0156-5788
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/19198
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.relation.urihttps://www.publish.csiro.au/AH/AH24069
dc.rightsNOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version)
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectHealth Policy & Services
dc.subject4203 Health services and systems
dc.subject4205 Nursing
dc.subject4206 Public health
dc.titleClinical Care Ratios: Differences in Allied Health Roles in New Zealand
dc.typeJournal Article
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