Comparison of three methods of pre-employment medical evaluations

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Moshe, Shlomo ^a,b   Shilo, Michal ^a   Yagev, Yaron ^a   Levy, Doron ^a   Slodownik, Dan ^c   Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b   Levin, Michael ^a  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cost benefit; Health examination; Health services; Occupational epidemiology; Pre employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; JOB FINDING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 37849044946     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm131     Document Type: Article

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