The Pennsylvania certified safety committee program: An evaluation of participation and effects on work injury rates

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 780-791

  Liu, Hangsheng ^a   Burns, Rachel M ^a   Schaefer, Agnes G ^a   Ruder, Teague ^a   Nelson, Christopher ^a   Haviland, Amelia M ^a   Gray, Wayne B ^b   Mendeloff, John ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Propensity score matching; Safety committee; Voluntary program; Work injury

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 77954800007     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20861     Document Type: Article

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