Supply and distribution of primary health care registered nurses in British Columbia

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Supply and distribution of primary health care registered nurses in British Columbia

Sabrina Wong; D. Watson; E. Young; Dawn Mooney

Healthcare Policy Special Issue, Volume 5, p.94-104 (2009)
Journal Article
Topics: Primary Health Care
Abstract

This study uses an existing data source to (a) describe the population and geographic distribution of registered nurses (RNs) working in primary healthcare (PHC) in British Columbia, (b) compare this workforce to PHC physicians and (c) assess the distribution of PHC-RNs relative to population health status.