The impact of deficit reduction on the nursing labour market in Canada: Unintended consequences of fiscal reform

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-110

  Vujicic, Marko ^a   Evans, Robert G ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EMPIRICISM; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LABOR; NURSING; OCCUPATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; CANADA; COST CONTROL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSES; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING;

EID: 24944472166     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200504020-00004     Document Type: Review

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