Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 305-309 , November 2005

The cost and cost-effectiveness of nursing services in health care

  • Joanne Spetz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Joanne Spetz, University of California, 3333 California Street, Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94118.

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.05.006

Nursing Outlook
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