Although the licensed practical nurse (LPN) workforce represents an ever-growing and valuable human resource, very little is known about reasons for practical nurse mobility. The purpose of this study was to describe LPN perspectives regarding motives for inter-provincial/territorial (P/T) movement in Canada. Participants included 200 LPNs from nine P/T, and data were analyzed using a qualitati...

Abstract We have obtained a ”hierarchical regionalization” of 3,107 county-level units of the United States based upon 1995-2000 intercounty migration flows. The methodology employed was the two-stage (double-standardization and strong component [directed graph] hierarchical clustering) algorithm described in the 2009 PNAS letter arXiv:0904.4863. Various features (e. g., cosmopolitan vs. provin...

As one of the most ecologically sensitive issues in world, migration now plays an important role population growth on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. To promote sustainable development world’s third pole, it is necessary to investigate Using 2010 census data, a spatial database county-level migrants Plateau was constructed, and were divided into short-distance long-distance according hukou-registered or...

Northeastern British Columbia, Canada, is undergoing in-migration of young people attracted by jobs in the oil/gas sectors. Chlamydia rates among youth ages 15-24 are increasing and exceed the provincial average by 22%. Testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reduces the disease burden, contributing to prevention. We conducted ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews with 25 yout...

Background China has experienced dramatic economic and social changes in the last three decades. The aims of this study were to investigate socio-economic factors related suicide rates from 1990 2015, examine how impacts these on changed over time.Methods This made use 31 provinces mainland 1990–2015 Global Burden Disease (GBD) Study 2019. Spatial autoregression with provincial- time-fixed effe...

BACKGROUND This study compares a combination of processes of care and clinical targets among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) between specialist diabetes clinics (SDCs) and general medical clinics (GMCs), and how differences between these two types of clinics differ with hospital type (community, provincial and regional). METHODS Type 2 diabetes mellitus patient medical records w...

OBJECTIVES This article presents five-year relative survival rates for prostate, breast, colorectal and lung cancer diagnosed in 1992. Provincial variations are also examined. DATA SOURCES Data are from the Canadian Cancer Registry, the National Cancer Incidence Reporting System, the Canadian Mortality Data Base, and life tables. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Analysis was conducted using the maximu...