Health care use associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among hospital workers

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-424

  Koehoorn, Mieke ^a,b   Cole, Donald C ^b,c   Hertzman, Clyde ^a   Lee, Hyunmi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care personnel; Insurance benefits; Musculoskeletal system; Personal health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33748762560     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-006-9022-7     Document Type: Article

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