The shocking cost of turnover in health care

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-211

  Waldman, J Deane ^a   Kelly, Frank ^a   Arora, Sanjeev ^a   Smith, Howard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health care policy; quality improvement; retention; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953887143     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181e3940e     Document Type: Review

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