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Nursing Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 40F-

  Lacovara, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORKLOAD;

CORONARY CARE UNITS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033145438     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006247-199906000-00008     Document Type: Article

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