Implications of an aging registered nurse workforce

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 2948-2954

  Buerhaus, Peter I ^a   Staiger, Douglas O ^b,c   Auerbach, David I ^c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EID: 0034647326     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.22.2948     Document Type: Article

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