Evaluation of direct workers' compensation costs for musculoskeletal injuries surrounding interventions to reduce patient lifting

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 367-372

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Schoenfisch, A L ^a   Myers, D J ^a   Pompeii, L A ^b   Dement, J M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT LIFTING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859850280     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100107     Document Type: Article

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