A retrospective study of return to work following surgery

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 525-531

  Clayton, Mary ^a   Verow, Peter ^b  

^a Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip surgery; Hysterectomy; Return to work; Sickness absence duration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB ACCOMMODATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 34948902294     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm082     Document Type: Article

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