Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planning

Health Policy

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 225-233

  Tomblin Murphy, Gail ^a   Kephart, George ^a   Lethbridge, Lynn ^a   O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^b   Birch, Stephen ^c,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Cohort and health; Needs based planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN; PROBABILITY; SELF EVALUATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949199567     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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