Employment Benefit Packages to Attract Registered Nurses with Temporary Employment Status in Health Facilities under Ministry of Public Health

Abstract

The policy to downsize the civil servant positions implemented has made the Ministry of Public Health failed to attract and retain registered nurses in public health facilities. This study was aimed at assessing employment packages affecting registered nurses’ temporary employees decision making in choosing health facilities as their job of choices. In all 600 registered nurse temporary employees were sampling of the study. A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) tool was used and that each registered nurse was asked 16 questions to choose between 2 jobs which had different attributes. The data were analyzed by conditional logistic regression. The findings showed that both financial and non-financial incentives played important roles in registered nurses’ temporary employees decision making. Employment benefit packages found to be significantly associated with their choices were: career advancement, opportunity for continuing education, bonus provision, pension fund, salary increase at 30-40 percent, and medical benefit package. Benefit packages that were significantly associated to their choices of non-civil servant positions were: salary increase at 30-40 percent, career advancement, opportunity for continuing education, pension fund, and bonus provision, respectively.

The results indicated that the attractive benefit packages to attract and retain registered nurses temporary employees should comprise both financial and non-financial measures.