Predicting future staffing needs at teaching hospitals: use of an analytical program with multiple variables.

Christine C Mitchell; Stanley W Ashley; Michael J Zinner; Francis D Moore

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Predicting future staffing needs at teaching hospitals: use of an analytical program with multiple variables.

April 25, 2007

Mitchell CC, Ashley SW, Zinner MJ, et al. Arch Surg. 2007;142(4):329-34.

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