Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 310-316 , November 2005

The changing nature of the measurement of the economic impact of nursing care on health care organizations

  • Mark A. Covaleski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mark A. Covaleski, PhD, Graduate School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.

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PII: S0029-6554(05)00122-3

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.07.003

Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 310-316 , November 2005