Trial of an allied health workload allocation model

Australian Health Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-175

  Simmons, Nadine C ^a   Kuys, Suzanne S ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79957657187     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH09860     Document Type: Article

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