The longitudinal study of turnover and the cost of turnover in emergency medical services

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-221

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Jones, Cheryl B ^c   Hubble, Michael W ^d   Carr, Matthew ^a   Weaver, Matthew D ^a   Engberg, John ^e   Castle, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of turnover; Emergency medical services; Longitudinal study; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 77749279744     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903120903564514     Document Type: Article

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