The changing context of Western European healthcare systems: Convergence versus divergence in nursing problematics

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1796-1810

  Spitzer, Ada ^a   Camus, Didier ^b   Desaulles, Cécile ^b   Kuhne, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Foundation for Research in Nursing   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Convergence; Cross national research; Divergence; Health care reforms; Nursing problematics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CONVERGENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; LABOR MARKET; REFORM PROCESS; RESEARCH WORK; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746822400     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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