The work pattern of personal care workers in two Australian nursing homes: A time-motion study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Qian, Si Yu ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Zhen Yu ^a   Hailey, David M ^a   Davy, Pamela J ^a   Nelson, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84865778518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-305     Document Type: Article

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