Employee working conditions and healthcare system performance: The Veterans Health Administration experience

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-429

  Warren, Nicholas ^a   Hodgson, Michael ^b   Craig, Thomas ^c   Dyrenforth, Sue ^c   Perlin, Jonathan ^c   Murphy, Frances ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b RTI International   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VETERAN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34247276602     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31803b94ce     Document Type: Article

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