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Author: lhspragens [CAPC Faculty]
Date: Oct 25, 2007 3:08 pm
Cynthia, I am a consultant working with CAPC and collect a lot of info on this. There is a lot of variation in staffing and consult team model at this point. However, as a rough approximation, programs with adequate staffing are often seeing between 1 new referral per staffed bed and 2 new referrals per staffed bed per year. For example, a 200 bed hospital might have 200-400 new referrals per year.

We urge at least one dedicated fte from the beginning, and staffing as consistent with the National Consensus Project as possible. As a rough estimate, programs with 350+ new referrals have or need between 1.5 and 2 provider ftes, plus help from other team members. This includes some leadership time. If you want to discuss this further and participate in a survey on staffing, email me at Lynn@LSpragens.com
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