A communitywide intervention to improve outcomes and reduce disability among injured workers in Washington State

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 547-567

  Wickizer, Thomas M ^a,f   Franklin, Gary M ^a,b,c,d   Mootz, Robert D ^b   Fulton Kehoe, Deborah ^a   Plaeger Brockway, Roy ^b,e   Drylie, Diana ^b   Turner, Judith A ^a   Smith Weller, Terri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b State WA Dept of Labor and Indust   (United States)

^c Amer Acad Neurol Qual Std S   (United States)

^d National Multiple Sclerosis Society   (United States)

^e State WA Dept of Labor and Indust ^*

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; REDUCTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4644317053     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0887-378X.2004.00321.x     Document Type: Review

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