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Table 3 Annual retention rates by sector and type of premises (%)

From: Is there a crisis in nursing retention in New South Wales?

	1994–95			1999–2000			99-94 differences
Premises	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total
All nurses
hospital	83.8	81.9	83.5	84.6	83.9	84.5	0.8	2.0	1.0
nursing homes	80.9	83.5	82.5	84.4	85.7	85.0	3.6	2.2	2.5
all other premises	82.1	77.9	80.7	83.3	80.2	82.4	1.2	2.3	1.7
Total	83.2	81.3	82.7	84.3	83.4	84.1	1.1	2.1	1.4
RNs
hospital	84.6	83.6	84.5	85.2	84.6	85.1	0.6	1.0	0.7
nursing homes	83.4	85.5	84.8	85.9	86.2	86.0	2.5	0.7	1.2
all other premises	83.3	79.2	81.9	84.2	81.6	83.5	0.9	2.4	1.6
Total	84.3	82.9	83.9	85.1	84.2	84.9	0.8	1.3	1.0
Enrolled
hospital	79.5	74.0	78.6	81.3	79.5	81.0	1.8	5.5	2.5
nursing homes	76.9	76.8	76.9	81.0	83.8	82.0	4.0	7.0	5.1
all other premises	74.7	69.2	72.9	77.9	72.3	76.2	3.2	3.1	3.3
Total	78.2	74.4	77.1	80.7	79.3	80.4	2.5	4.9	3.3

Notes: The retention rate is conditional on working as a nurse in NSW in the base years (1994 or 1999). Nurses working in the base year are defined as retained if they are still employed as a nurse in NSW in the following year. Nursing homes include hostels and hospices.

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