Cost-effectiveness of interventions to return employees to work following long-term sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders | Zendy

Hazel Squires | Zendy; Jo Rick | Zendy; Christopher Carroll | Zendy; Jim Hillage | Zendy

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Cost-effectiveness of interventions to return employees to work following long-term sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders

Author(s) -

Hazel Squires,

Jo Rick,

Christopher Carroll,

Jim Hillage

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr057

Subject(s) - psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , cost effectiveness , medicine , sick leave , public health , absenteeism , work (physics) , health care , cost–benefit analysis , actuarial science , physical therapy , business , nursing , psychology , economics , risk analysis (engineering) , economic growth , social psychology , mechanical engineering , ecology , engineering , biology

Sickness absence costs the UK economy around £20 billion per year. This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of interventions to return employees with musculoskeletal disorders to work, one of the major causes of long-term sickness absence, using a mathematical model.

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