Keeping nurses at work: A duration analysis

Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 493-503

  Holmås, Tor Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Labour supply; Nurses; Turnover; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SALARY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGISTRIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036742942     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.747     Document Type: Article

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