Effects of efforts to increase response rates on a workplace chronic condition screening survey

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 752-760

  Wang, Philip S ^a,b   Beck, Arne L ^c   Mckenas, David K ^d   Meneades, Laurie M ^a   Pronk, Nicolaas P ^e   Saylor, John S ^d   Simon, Gregory E ^f   Walters, Ellen E ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d AMR   (United States)

^e HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health risk appraisal (HRA) survey; Screening; Work impairment

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036717181     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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