What explains the distribution of doctors and nurses in different countries, and does it matter for health outcomes?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2525-2537

  Carr Hill, Roy ^a   Currie, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health services research; International health; Multivariate statistics; Nurse roles; Research methods; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSE ROLES; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; NURSE ROLES; RESEARCH METHODS; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84885183659     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12138     Document Type: Article

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