Swiss Hospital Nurse and Physician Wages vs Staffing Levels, 2018-2020

Swiss acute care hospital data from 2018–2020 analyzes associations between nurse and physician wages and staffing levels. The dataset, from the HONEST sub-study, uses routinely collected statistics from the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics, with 2019 as the index year. It presents Spearman's rank correlation coefficients for wage-staffing relationships stratified by hospital level.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlation between nurse wages and staffing levels based on reported Spearman coefficients (ρ=0.22–0.38)
• Investigating inverse correlation between physician wages and staffing levels based on reported Spearman coefficients (ρ=-0.56 to -0.61)
• Comparing workforce dynamics across different hospital levels as mentioned in the stratified analysis
• Examining potential mechanisms linking wage structures to hospital performance as suggested in the description

Strengths

• Data covers three years (2018–2020) from a national statistical office
• Analysis provides specific correlation coefficients (ρ values) and p-values (p<0.001)
• Staffing levels are calculated using a standardized metric (hours per inpatient day based on full-time equivalents)

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The analysis is descriptive and cross-sectional; results should not be interpreted as causal

Provenance

Source

Swiss Federal Office of Statistics

Collection Method

Routinely collected hospital data

Time Range

2018–2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 05:31:00; freshness should be verified

Geography

Switzerland