The national costs of supported employment to Vocational Rehabilitation: 2002 to 2006

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Cimera, Robert Evert ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Supported employment; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 66249109312     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2009-0448     Document Type: Article

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