MacEachern Lillian
Issue Brief Health Policy Track Serv. 2003 Dec 31:1-15.
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report released in July of 2002, the national supply of full time equivalent nurses was estimated at 1.89 million in the year 2000, while the demand was estimated at two million. This reflects a nursing shortage of 110,000 or 6 percent. By the year 2015 the demand will accelerate and almost quadruple to 20 percent.
根据美国卫生与公众服务部2002年7月发布的一份报告，2000年全职等效护士的全国供应量估计为189万，而需求量估计为200万。这反映出护士短缺11万，即短缺6%。到2015年，需求将加速增长，几乎增至四倍，短缺率达到20%。
