Exploring trends and determinants of pharmacist wage rates: Evidence from the 2000 and 2004 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 586-597

  Mott, David A ^a   Cline, Richard R ^b   Kreling, David H ^a   Pedersen, Craig A ^c   Doucette, William R ^d   Gaither, Caroline A ^e   Schommer, Jon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; National Pharmacist Workforce Survey; Pharmacists; Salaries; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59049088232     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2008.07102     Document Type: Article

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