Turnover and vacancy rates for registered nurses: Do local labor market factors matter?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Rondeau, Kent V ^a   Williams, Eric S ^b   Wagar, Terry H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Labor market factors; Registered nurses; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING HOME; REGISTERED NURSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37349111012     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000304494.87898.bc     Document Type: Article

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