Protecting and promoting mental health of nurses in the hospital setting: Is it cost-effective from an employer's perspective?

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 891-900

  Noben, Cindy ^a,b   Evers, Silvia ^a,b   Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen ^c   Ketelaar, Sarah ^c   Gärtner, Fania ^c   Sluiter, Judith ^c   Smit, Filip ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Mental disorders; Nurses; Occupational health; Prevention; Work functioning

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952004672     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: 1896494X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00465     Document Type: Article

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