The rate and cost of nurse turnover in Australia

Collegian

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 353-358

  Roche, Michael A ^a   Duffield, Christine M ^a   Homer, Caroline ^a   Buchan, James ^a,b,c   Dimitrelis, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WHO European Observatory on Health Systems   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nurse turnover; Turnover costs; Turnover rates

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COST; ECONOMICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 84947486471     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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