Predicting nursing human resources: An exploratory study

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-109

  Squires, Allison ^a   Beltrán Sánchez, Hiram ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Human resources; Mexico; Nurse to population ratio; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEXICO; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INCOME; MEXICO; NURSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70350129943     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154409339395     Document Type: Article

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