Optimizing nursing human resource planning in British Columbia

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Lavieri, Mariel S ^a   Puterman, Martin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attrition; Capacity planning; Health workforce planning; Human resource planning; Learning; Linear programming; Manpower; Optimization; Promotion rules; Training

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 64149092201     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-008-9097-0     Document Type: Article

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