Whereas much research regarding combat personnel is based on post-experience data, this study's design uses both pre- and post-deployment data to identify the association between different types of combat experiences and changes in substance use and misuse.
National nursing deployment data linked to nursing supply data were used and analyzed using statistical and geographical analysis software.
Among the 63 documented national HRIS experiences, the literature reviewed could only confirm that while crisis and non-crisis countries tend to generate basic HRH supply and deployment data, few seem to be explicitly using this information for making workforce decisions.
One limitation of our data is that deployment data were limited to operational deployments and did not include non-operational deployments or non-deployment related travel.
De-identified deployment data on nurses assigned to each district (MOH and emergency-hire) were obtained using the KHWIS.
With regard to data management, documented linkages across different types of potential HRH and health data sources were limited: 14%% of national/regional HRIS had documented linkages between HRH supply and deployment data, 11%% linked payroll to other types of HRH data, and 34%% linked the data contained within the HRIS to an overall health management information system (HMIS).
Third, the absence of similar nursing deployment data from earlier periods makes it impossible to determine whether the picture of the nursing workforce in the public sector is generally stable, improving, or deteriorating as a result of recruitment and deployment policies.
CR, MR, AW, and RK provided support for the primary data collection, and CR provided access to the final national nursing deployment data used.
Whereas a high percentage of countries reported the capability to generate workforce supply and deployment data, few systems were documented as being used for HRH planning and decision-making.
"To verify legal compliance, surveillance technology use and deployment data should be reported publicly on an annual basis," the guidelines say.
