Application of the workload indicators of staffing need method to calculate the size of the medical staff at a maternity hospital in the state of Bahia, Brazil.

Background: Functioning health systems require a health workforce (HWF) that is qualified, available, equitably distributed, and accessible to the entire population as the basis for guaranteeing access to health. There is a global HWF crisis, manifested in Brazil by unequal distribution of healthcare personnel, particularly in rural areas, urban peripheries, and other hard-to-reach communities, posing a major obstacle to guaranteeing access to health systems and services. Based on the above, calculating the size and analyzing the workloads of the medical staff in the Obstetrics Department (OD) and Urgent Care Center (UCC) in a state maternity hospital is relevant for designing improvements in the work processes and future strategies for recruiting, selecting, and retaining these workers at the hospital, in turn favoring improvement in the quality of care for women and children at the state level.

[Impediments in access to medical care: experiences of people with acute myocardial infarction].

Objective: To analyze the course followed by men and women who suffered an acute myocardial infarction until they received medical care. Knowledge of this course may be useful for making decisions that will lead to early and efficient care in the first minutes following the onset of symptoms, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality.

Methods: Forty-three women and 54 men who suffered a painful infarction were interviewed.

[Experiences of women in face of pain from acute myocardial infarction].

The aim of this study was to understand the meanings of the experience of pain suffered by women during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to identify their immediate actions in face of pain. This qualitative research used the Symbolic Interactionism theory and the Grounded Theory methodology. Forty-three women were interviewed at the University Hospital.