Promising practices in employer health and productivity management efforts: Findings from a benchmarking study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-130

  Goetzel, Ron Z ^a,b   Shechter, David ^b   Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a,b   Marmet, Paula F ^c   Tabrizi, Maryam J ^b   Roemer, Enid Chung ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^c KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

BENCHMARKING; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846961141     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31802ec6a3     Document Type: Article

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