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Costs and benefits of occupational health nursing.
Authors
Anonymous
Source
Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 80-140, 1980 Sep; :1-83
NIOSHTIC No.
00104881
Abstract
The costs and benefits associated with occupational health nursing programs were studied. One pair of small manufacturing facilities from the clothing, electronics, processing machinery, and textile industries was selected; one facility in each pair employed a nurse and the other did not. Information related to costs and benefits of an occupational health nursing program was collected for a 3 year retrospective period. An occupational health nursing program provided substantial economic benefits to employers and employees in small facilities. Less benefit from a nursing program was found in small facilities which had few occupation hazards or which had developed cost effective alternatives for the delivery of occupational medical care. The author recommends that facility managers pay greater attention to costs associated with employee illness and injury.
Keywords
Occupational-health-programs; Medical-facilities; Health-services; Medical-personnel; Industrial-hazards; Workplace-studies; Absenteeism; Accidents
Publication Date
19800901
Document Type
Numbered Publication
Funding Type
Contract
Fiscal Year
1980
NTIS Accession No.
PB81-223893
NTIS Price
A06
Identifying No.
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 80-140; Contract-210-78-0055
NIOSH Division
DTS
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
State
OH
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Content source:
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