Economic evaluation of an occupational health care guideline for prevention of weight gain among employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1100-1109

  Van Wier, Marieke F ^a,d   Verweij, Lisanne M ^a   Proper, Karin I ^a   Hulshof, Carel T J ^b,c   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,d   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Society of Occupational Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84885019310     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829b279a     Document Type: Article

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