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Add Pool Change

 

A pool change calculates a year-by-year decrease or increase in the number of health workers in the cadre. Decreases may be caused by attrition due to retirement, illness, death, out migration or other reasons. Increases may come from training program graduates, immigration or recruitment of health workers. You can enter as many pool changes as you like depending on the data that you have available. Each one will be considered in projecting the total workforce supply. It is best to enter each intake and attrition change separately, as they can be toggled on and off when modeling the projected health workforce. This will help you more easily see the effects of each change on the workforce supply.

 

1. In the projection under the "Cadre Pools" section, click View/Update This Pool

 

2. Under the Pool Changes section, click Add Pool Change

 

3. Enter a Name to identify the pool change (such as "Retirement" or "Training Graduates"). 

 

4. Enter a longer Description of the pool change, if desired. This should include any assumptions you have made in determining the amount of change.

 

5. From the Enabled? menu, select Yes to enable the pool change and show its effects when projecting the health workforce. Select No to disable the change and hide it when modeling projections.

 

6. Select whether the change is an Intake (increase) or Exit (decrease). 

 

7. Enter the Source for the data; this will be helpful if the data need to be verified later. 

 

8. Enter either the Amount of Change, the number of workers entering or leaving the cadre, or the Rate (%) of Change, the percentage of decrease or increase in workers. 

 

You can enter either the Amount of Change or the Rate of Change. If you enter an amount, the projected workforce will increase or decrease by that number each year in the projection. You may also choose to enter a Rate (%) Amount of Change Increases Each Year; this will increase the number of workers by that amount each year. If you enter a rate of change alone, the projected workforce will increase or decrease by that percentage of the current supply each year. 

 

 

 

 

9. If you have costs associated with the change, select the Currency and enter the Average Cost per worker. For example, you may enter scholarship costs for training students, recruitment bonuses or severance paid to laid-off workers. You may also choose to enter a Cost Increase (%) Per Year if the costs go up by a known percentage each year.

 

10. Select the Initial Year of the change, the year in the projection when the changes will start.  The initial year may not be the same as the start year for the projection, if the change requires some intervention that will take time, such as completing a pre-service training program. If an initial year is not chosen, the change begins with the first year of the projection.

 

11. Enter the Duration in Years of Change, the number of years in the projection that the change should take effect. Leave this field blank if the change affects every year in the projection.

 

12. Click Confirm and confirm that the information entered is correct. If it is not correct, click Edit to change it. If it is, click Save to save it. 

 

Troubleshooting 

 

An error message displays when the Confirm button is clicked. 

 

Make sure that all of the required fields have been completed. The required fields are outlined in red. Fill in the missing information and try saving again. If you do not want to add a special payment after all, click Return (do not save changes)

 

The currency  is not available for selection. 

 

You must add the currency to the system before you can select it (see Add a currency). 

 

The pool change needs to be changed, disabled or enabled. 

 

In the projection under "Pool Changes," click Correct This information beside the pool change to change any field. Select No from the Enabled? menu to disable the pool change or select Yes to re-enable it.