Costs of employee assistance programs: Findings from a national survey

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-222

  French, Michael T ^b   Zarkin, Gary A ^a   Bray, Jeremy W ^a   Hartwell, Tyler D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORKER;

EID: 0031024478     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-11.3.219     Document Type: Article

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