Making the business case

Behavioral Healthcare

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 31-33

  Attridge, Mark ^a,b  

^a Employee Assistance Field ^*

^b US Government   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849041550     PISSN: 19317093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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