Sustainability of the workforce: Government policies and the rural fit

Health Policy

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Baumann, Andrea ^a   Hunsberger, Mabel ^a   Blythe, Jennifer ^a   Crea, Mary ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health policy; Nursing services; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING SHORTAGE; RURAL POPULATION;

HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 38749097723     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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