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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Econ. 2011 Nov-Dec;29(6):308–316.

Table 3. Source Countries or Continents of IENs Overall and by Region: Percentage of Hospitals that Hired IENs from Each Source Country or Continent (multiple responses).

n Philippines Canada India Africa China Korea Other
2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008
Overall 520 426 70.6 63.6 31.7 31.0 26.7 27.2 10.4 12.9 9.2 10.3 8.1 7.5 22.7 28.2
New England 30 23 33.3 30.4 50.0 52.2 6.7 17.4 10.0 13.0 0.0 4.3 3.3 4.3 26.7 30.4
Mid Atlantic 72 50 73.6 74.0 18.1 12.0 36.1 36.0 8.3 6.0 6.9 12.0 13.9 8.0 26.4 30.0
South Atlantic 119 94 70.6 63.8 37.0 29.8 34.5 42.6 15.1 22.3 8.4 7.4 3.4 5.3 23.5 35.1
East North Central 62 54 72.6 53.7 41.9 50.0 19.4 24.1 11.3 24.1 12.9 22.2 6.5 14.8 19.4 31.5
East South Central 13 12 92.3 66.7 23.1 16.7 23.1 25.0 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.1 25.0
West North Central 12 10 66.7 70.0 25.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 10.0 8.3 10.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 20.0
West South Central 85 88 82.4 80.7 21.2 19.3 27.1 21.6 11.8 9.1 3.5 4.5 8.2 3.4 15.3 14.8
Mountain 47 30 68.1 56.7 23.4 23.3 34.0 30.0 6.4 6.7 8.5 3.3 8.5 3.3 29.8 43.3
Pacific 80 65 66.3 53.8 40.0 46.2 20.0 15.4 6.3 4.6 21.3 18.5 15.0 15.4 22.5 26.2