The labour market for nursing: A review of the labour supply literature

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-478

  Antonazzo, Emanuela ^a   Scott, Anthony ^a   Skatun, Diane ^a   Elliott, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Labour supply; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; NURSING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURNOVER TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0038179072     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.737     Document Type: Review

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