Workplace-based return-to-work interventions: A systematic review of the quantitative literature

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 607-631

  Franche, Renée Louise ^a,b   Cullen, Kimberley ^a   Clarke, Judy ^a   Irvin, Emma ^a   Sinclair, Sandra ^a,c   Frank, John ^a,b,d   Cole, Donald ^e   Dacombe, Jeremy ^e   Guzman, Jaime ^e   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^e   MacEachen, Ellen ^e   Pennick, Victoria ^e   Raj, Anusha ^e   Reardon, Rhoda ^e   Van Eerd, Dwayne ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Compensation costs; Disability management; Return to work

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAIN; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644534290     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-005-8038-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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