Pl. Pommerenke et Sk. Stout, HUMAN-RESOURCE DEPARTMENTS AND HOSPITAL LABOR STRATEGIES, Hospital & health services administration, 41(1), 1996, pp. 77-90
Recently hospitals have increased their use of external labor sources,
contracting many traditional functions such as pharmacy and emergency
to outside labor providers. Use of external labor sources often means
that traditional human resource functions such as screening, hiring,
and training are performed by the external labor provider, potentially
reducing the value of the HR function. Using financial and staffing d
ata gathered by the California Statewide Health Planning and Developme
nt Office during the period from 1976 to 1989, this study explores the
relationship between the size of HR functions and the utilization of
contingent labor.