Economic Evaluation of a Problem Solving Intervention to Prevent Recurrent Sickness Absence in Workers with Common Mental Disorders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Arends, Iris ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^a   van Rhenen, Willem ^b,c   Groen, Henk ^a   van der Klink, Jac J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Business University Nyenrode   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Netherlands Army   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84881536813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071937     Document Type: Article

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