Registered nurse supply grows faster than projected amid surge in new entrants ages 23-26

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2286-2292

  Auerbach, David I ^a   Buerhaus, Peter I ^b   Staiger, Douglas O ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; REGISTERED NURSE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855672803     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0588     Document Type: Article

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