Economic evaluation of occupational health services: necessary, challenging and promising

Occup Environ Med. 2017 Nov;74(11):847-848. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104495. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

Authors

Jeroen Luyten^{1

2}, Jonas Steel¹, Lode Godderis^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² PSSRU, London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK.
³ Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Belgium.

PMID: 28899965
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104495

No abstract available

Keywords: cost-effectiveness; economic evaluation; occupational health practice; resource allocation; return on investment.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Employment / economics
Employment / standards*
Humans
Occupational Health Services / economics
Occupational Health Services / methods
Occupational Health Services / standards*
United Kingdom