An economic evaluation of occupational health

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-163

  Miller, Paul ^b   Whynes, D ^c   Reid, A ^a  

^a The Boots Company PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Economic evaluation; Modelling; Occupational health service

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034116309     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.3.159     Document Type: Article

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