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Life-cycle activity patterns of registered nurses in British Columbia : forecasting future supply and professional life expectancy

Kazanjian, Arminée 1947-; Brothers, Kent; Wong, Gordon

Health Human Resources Unit (HHRU); Division of Health Services Research and Development

Health manpower planning and in particular its quantitative research stage have not, until very recently, received much approbation as complex and necessary processes in the planning and operation of health care delivery systems. Recent efforts are mainly in the area of physician manpower. The first National Health Manpower Conference in Canada was held in October 1969 based on the belief that an attempt should be made to develop our human resources in the health field in some kind of rational manner. A rational planning approach is even more important for health care personnel than for those in primary markets, since microeconomic forces that equilibrate the latter do not apply as readily (if at all) to the health environment. There is also some evidence that nurses' market work behaviour is appreciably different from that of other health occupations due mainly to the gender factor. Nursing is a female dominated profession and considerable variation in the amount of time spent in market work exists among individuals. Thus, an in-depth study was undertaken to specifically quantify Registered Nurse (RN) supply/requirements in British Columbia and provide useful information to planners at various levels.

British Columbia

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2014-08-21

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50118

Unreviewed

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/