Consensus-based finding and recommendations for estimating the costs of health-related productivity loss from a company's perspective

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-130

  Uegaki, Kimi ^a,b   de Bruijne, Martine C ^a,b   Anema, Johannes R ^a,b,c   van der Beek, Allard J ^a,b   van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,d   van Mechelen, Willem ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Delphi techinque; Method; Presenteeism; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

COST; DELPHI ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INCOME; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; CONSENSUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ABSENTEEISM; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34249291659     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1115     Document Type: Article

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