title: The economic value of nursing.
abstract: The economic value of nursing relates to the purchaser's perspective. A three-level model of nursing services purchasers is presented. Selected economic/management concepts are examined in relation to nursing's economic value and these three purchaser perspectives.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004465:Economic Competition; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017059:Models, Econometric; D016294:Models, Nursing