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Health Policy
Research results from McMaster University update understanding of health policy
April 26th, 2008
According to recent research from Hamilton, Canada, "Critical workforce issues among health care workers have raised public concerns about the ability of health care systems to provide adequate service. Services, however, are influenced by geographical and social factors." "One important source of variation is rurality. This study evaluated the perception of the applicability of health human resource policies for rural areas. An exploratory design was used. Twenty-one nurse administrators and 44 staff nurses from a sampling of 19 rural health care settings were interviewed. Hospitals with less than 100 beds were targeted. The government policies most frequently...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-26)
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