An economic analysis of a safe resident handling program in nursing homes

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 469-478

  Lahiri, Supriya ^a   Latif, Saira ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Net cost model; Nursing homes; Return on investment; Safe resident handling; Workplace interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT LIFTING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84878345031     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22139     Document Type: Article

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