United States Registered Nurse Workforce Report Card and Shortage Forecast

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-249

  Juraschek, Stephen P ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaoming ^c   Ranganathan, Vinoth K ^c   Lin, Vernon W ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing job supply; nursing workforce shortage; shortage projection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860606796     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611416634     Document Type: Article

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