The shocking cost of turnover in health care.
Review of turnover costs at a major medical center helps health care managers gain insights about the magnitude and determinants of this managerial challenge and assess the implications for organizational effectiveness. Here, turnover includes hiring, training, and productivity loss costs. Minimum cost of turnover represented a loss of >5 percent of the total annual operating budget.
Health Sciences Center, Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. Dwaldman@salud.unm.edu
J Deane
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Waldman
Frank
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Kelly
Sanjeev
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Arora
Howard L
HL
Smith
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