Performance and quality measurement in occupational health services: Current status and agenda for further research

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-306

  Pransky, Glenn ^a,b   Benjamin, Katy ^a   Dembe, Allard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed care programs; Occupational health services; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Patient satisfaction; Quality assurance; Quality indicators; Quality of health care; Total quality management; Treatment outcome; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MANAGED CARE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034871488     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.1104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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