Care workers' perspectives of factors affecting a sustainable aged care workforce.

Aims: To identify the reasons why workers decide to enter, stay or leave the aged care workforce; and the factors influencing them to transition between community and residential sectors in Australia.

Background: Factors affecting the recruitment and retention of suitable care workers in aged care are complex and influenced by personal, institutional and societal factors.

Methods: A qualitative description study design.

The effects of health status and health shocks on hours worked.

We investigate the impact of health on working hours. This is in recognition of the fact that leaving the labour market because of persistently low levels of health status, or because of new health shocks, is only one of the possible responses open to employees. We use the first six waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to estimate the joint effect of health status and health shocks on working hours.

Promotion to hospital consultant: regression analysis using NHS administrative data.

Objectives: To examine factors influencing promotion to hospital consultant.

Design: Multivariate logistic regression analysis of NHS administrative data between 1991 and 2000.

Setting: Hospitals in NHS Scotland.