RESUMO
Widespread and continuing discussions of nursing shortages frequently involve divergent concepts of shortage that can have differing policy implications. This article explains the shortage concepts used by economists, hospital administrators, and government policy makers. It discusses measurement problems and suggests possible improvements. It then sets forth the divergent policy implications of competing shortage concepts. The article's aim is to promote greater clarity in analyses of nursing shortages and more fruitful conversations among participants who use different notions of shortages.
Assuntos
Modelos Econométricos , Modelos de Enfermagem , Pesquisa em Administração de Enfermagem/organização & administração , Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar/organização & administração , Admissão e Escalonamento de Pessoal/organização & administração , Coleta de Dados , Interpretação Estatística de Dados , Dissidências e Disputas , Previsões , Guias como Assunto , Humanos , Marketing de Serviços de Saúde , Avaliação das Necessidades , Política Organizacional , Reorganização de Recursos Humanos , Formulação de Políticas , Projetos de Pesquisa , Carga de TrabalhoRESUMO
This paper presents a behavioral economics model with bounded rationality to describe an individual's food consumption choices that lead to weight gain and dieting. Using a physiological relationship determining calories needed to maintain weight, we simulate the food consumption choices of a representative female over a 30-year period. Results show an individual will periodically choose to diet, but that diet will reduce weight only temporarily. Recurrence of weight gain leads to cyclical dieting, which reduces the trend rate of weight increase. Dieting frequency is shown to depend on decision period length, dieting costs, and habit persistence.
