The demand for health care workers post-ACA

International Journal of Health Economics and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-151

  Frogner, Bianca K ^a   Spetz, Joanne ^b   Parente, Stephen T ^c   Oberlin, Shelley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Health Systems Innovation Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Health reform; Health workforce; Microsimulation; Projections

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; POVERTY;

EID: 84974574200     PISSN: 21999023     EISSN: 21999031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-015-9168-y     Document Type: Article

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