Forecasting supply and demand in nursing professions: Impacts of occupational flexibility and employment structure in Germany

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Maier, Tobias ^a   Afentakis, Anja ^b  

^a Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training   (Germany)

^b Section 'Health Accounting Systems'   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment structure; Forecast for nursing professions; Labour Force Survey; Occupational flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878455179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-24     Document Type: Article

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