Modelling human resources policies with Markov models: An illustration with the South African nursing labour market

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-282

  Lagarde, Mylene ^a   Cairns, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care labour market; Human resources policies; Markov model; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864536578     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9184-5     Document Type: Article

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