Economic evaluations of occupational health interventions from a company's perspective: A systematic review of methods to estimate the cost of health-related productivity loss

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-99

  Uegaki, Kimi ^a   De Bruijne, Martine C ^a   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a,b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Company; Measurement; Methodology; Systematic review; Valuation; Work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 79952155655     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9258-0     Document Type: Article

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