It's time to stop the regulation of hospital nurse staffing dead in its tracks

Nursing Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-113

  Buerhaus, Peter I ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952390883     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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