Will the RN workforce weather the retirement of the baby boomers?

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 850-856

  Auerbach, David I ^a   Buerhaus, Peter I ^a   Staiger, Douglas O ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing; Shortage; Supply and demand; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABY BOOMER; CAREER PLANNING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING SHORTAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSES; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941649896     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000415     Document Type: Article

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