Health policy thoughtleaders' views of the health workforce in an era of health reform

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-180

  Donelan, Karen ^a   Buerhaus, Peter I ^a   DesRoches, Catherine ^a   Burke, Sheila P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954694586     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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