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Focus on Prehospital Providers

The Longitudinal Study of Turnover and the Cost of Turnover in Emergency Medical Services

, PhD, MPH, , PhD, RN, , PhD, MBA, NREMTP, , BS, NREMTP, , BS, NREMTP, , PhD & , PhD show all
Pages 209-221 | Received 03 Sep 2009, Accepted 20 Nov 2009, Published online: 03 Mar 2010

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