Registered Nurse Labor Supply and the Recession — Are We in a Bubble?
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 23 March 2012
Douglas O. Staiger, David I. Auerbach, Peter I. Buerhaus
Citations115
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score19.08
SNIP13.47
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Hospital employment of registered nurses increased dramatically during the recession, making it seem as if the decade-long national shortage of RNs had ended, but RN employment is countercyclical, and the bubble is likely to burst during the next several years.
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Hospital employment of registered nurses (RNs) increased dramatically during the recession, making it seem as if the decade-long national shortage of RNs had ended. But RN employment is countercyclical, and the bubble is likely to burst during the next several years.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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