Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary treatment in sick-listed patients with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders: A randomized, controlled trial with one-year follow-up

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 654-664

  Meijer, Eline M ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a   Heyma, Arjan ^a   Sadiraj, Klarita ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Process evaluation; RCT; Repetitive strain injury; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEAMWORK;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SICK LEAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33747189457     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0098-3     Document Type: Article

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