How best to measure health workforce turnover and retention: Five key metrics

Australian Health Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-295

  Russell, Deborah J ^a,b   Humphreys, John S ^a,b   Wakerman, John ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre of Research Excellence in Rural and Remote Primary Health Care   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84865501539     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH11085     Document Type: Article

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