Whitestone Report: Estimating the Size and Composition of the Hospital Maintenance Staff
SANTA BARBARA, CA - March
6, 1998 - Whitestone Research recently completed a report
that describes an approach for estimating the size and composition
of the maintenance staff for hospitals. Using data from a recent
survey published by the New England Healthcare Engineering Society
(1997), a predictive model with variables representing hospital
size, staff productivity, and maintenance contract costs was explored,
but only hospital size was found to be statistically significant.
Based on this finding, a simple predictive equation is defined.
The composition of the estimated staff is determined by extrapolation
from data published by the International Facility Management Association
(1994).
Whitestone Research, with headquarters
in Santa Barbara, California, specializes in applied economic research
and software development. Whitestone products and services are used
every year by hundreds of major corporations, government agencies,
and public and private institutions.
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