Training opportunities and the increase in the number of nurses in home-visit nursing agencies in Japan: a panel data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A training opportunity in which ongoing education is encouraged is one of the determinants in recruiting and retaining nurses in home-visit nursing care agencies. We investigated the association between ensuring training opportunities through scheduled training programs and the change in the number of nurses in home-visit nursing agencies using nationwide panel data at the agency level.

Methods

We used nationwide registry panel data of home-visit nursing agencies from 2012 to 2015 in Japan. To investigate the association between planning training programs and the change in the number of nurses in the following year, we conducted fixed-effect panel data regression analysis.

Results

We identified 4760, 5160 and 5025 agencies in 2012, 2013, and 2014, respectiv

SUBMITTER: Morioka N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6585138 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature