Economic evaluation of a multifaceted implementation strategy for the prevention of hand eczema among healthcare workers in comparison with a control group: The hands4U study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 499-504

  van der Meer, Esther W C ^a   van dongen, Johanna M ^b   Boot, Cécile R L ^a   van der Gulden, Joost W J ^c   Bosmans, Judith E ^b   Anema, Johannes R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Hand eczema; Healthcare workers; Implementation; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACETED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECZEMA; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH CARE COST; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAMPHLETS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84976904114     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2287     Document Type: Article

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