Strategically addressing the nurse shortage: A closer look at the Nurse Funders Collaborative

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 876-881

  Davis, Denise A ^a   Napier, Melanie D ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF;

CAPITAL FINANCING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS, NURSING; FOUNDATIONS; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449149459     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.876     Document Type: Article

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