Assessment and measurement of worker productivity

Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 33-46

  Peeples, Patricia J ^a,b   Wertheimer, Albert I ^c   Mackowiak, John I ^d   McGhan, William F ^e  

^a ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b First Health Services Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c First Health Services Corporation   (United States)

^d Center for Outcomes Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030964517     PISSN: 08966621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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