The costs of nursing turnover: Evidence from the British National Health Service

Health Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-128

  Gray, Alastair M ^a   Phillips, V L ^b   Normand, Charles ^c  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Labour turnover; Local pay; National Health Service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030296302     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8510(96)00854-8     Document Type: Article

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