Unlike the setup in [4], instead of having a list of workloads and the time periods that they are active, we have a list of potential or representative workloads, and probabilities that they are active at any given time instant.
Although the applications to be run are selected from the probability distribution provided to the code that computes the optimal Lagrange multiplier, the workload list is short enough that significant variations from the mean distribution can occur.
Furthermore, GPs who are young; work in a small municipality; have relatively low income; few patients listed, or excessive workload (i.e. more patients listed or more working hours than desired), are significantly more likely to prefer salary over private practice.
The prototype workloads list the possible application sets, the weight for each application, and the probability that this application set is active.
Some readers may be uneasy with the absence of the word 'prevention' from our listing of clinical workload activities.
In a joint statement the general secretaries of both unions listed unacceptable and excessive workload pressures, changes to pensions, pay freezes and the "privatisation and academisation of schools" as the reasons for taking industrial action.
After accounting for the workload factors listed in Table 3, noncompliance probabilities also differed significantly among the 26 interns (p = 0.03).
Let us imagine for a moment that all goes to plan: the civil servants toil, and the experts redouble and a List of How to Reduce Workload is finally produced.
Research among GPs shows that a higher workload (operationalised as list size) functions as a barrier; it leads to more referrals to specialists [ 15].
We wanted to investigate the widespread opinion that the frequency of GPs' participation in MDMs is generally low, and that the list size, an indicator of workload, explains possible differences.
