Specificity of Applicability of the Index Method to the Analysis of the Provision of Regional Healthcare With Medical Psychologists

Significance. Optimization of human resource management is the most important strategic component of the development of the healthcare industry. The task of staffing with medical psychologists also exists in the system of providing professional psychological assistance to the population in healthcare. To optimize the personnel situation, it is necessary to assess the provision of regional healthcare systems not only with medical personnel, but also with medical psychologists. Purpose. To substantiate the methodology for calculating the availability of medical psychologists in medical organizations in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation based on an integral coefficient - the index of personnel well-being. Materials and methods. The study used data from annual reporting forms of federal statistical observation No. 30 "Information on a medical organization" for 2014-2023; the average annual population of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation is given according to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) of Russia; the results of an expert survey of the main freelance specialists in medical psychology in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The study used statistical (index and quartile) and analytical research methods. Results. The paper substantiates the methodology for assessing the personnel situation in healthcare in terms of provision with medical psychologists using the index method; for the first time, the importance of introducing sub-indices related to the level of qualification of medical psychologists is shown. The methods for determining regions with different values ​​of the personnel well-being index and determining the determined indicator in dynamics are shown. A survey of experts was conducted to determine the weighting coefficients of the sub-indices. Conclusion. The inclusion of sub-indices related to the level of qualification of medical psychologists in the calculation system of the integral index of personnel well-being allows us to obtain an objective description of the personnel situation in terms of the provision of medical psychologists to medical organizations in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and allows us to recommend the use of this indicator to assess the effectiveness of the personnel policy of regional executive authorities. Scope of application. The presented calculation method can be used as a tool for a comprehensive analysis of the activities of regional health management bodies in matters of staffing medical personnel of medical organizations.