S.P.I.C.E. - A model for reducing the incidence and costs of occupationally entitled claims

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 695-722

  Colledge, Alan L ^a,c   Johnson, Hugh I ^b  

^a Labor Commission   (United States)

^b Utah Transit Authority   (United States)

^c c/o Labor Commission State of Utah ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

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