Cost of workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities: with or without personal assistance services

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 196-205

  Solovieva, Tatiana I ^a   Walls, Richard T ^a   Hendricks, Deborah J ^a   Dowler, Denetta L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Cost; Disability; PAS; Personal assistance services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB ACCOMMODATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IOWA; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; WEST VIRGINIA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 69949185923     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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