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The cost-effectiveness of a back school program in industry. A longitudinal controlled field study.

J M Versloot¹, A Rozeman, A M van Son, P F van Akkerveeken.

Abstract

To define the cost-effectiveness of a back school program in industry, a controlled longitudinal field study was carried out in a Dutch bus company. The experimental group received a program consisting of information on back care, physical fitness, nutrition, stress, and relaxation. Objective data on absenteeism were collected and compared during a 6-year period for the control and experimental groups. Results showed that a tailor-made back school program reduced absenteeism by at least 5 days per year per employee, therefore being cost-effective to industry. A reduction was not observed in incidence, but in mean length of absenteeism. This effect turned out to be persistent during a 2-year period following the program.

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Year: 1992 PMID： 1531551 DOI： 10.1097/00007632-199201000-00004

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Spine (Phila Pa 1976) ISSN： 0362-2436 Impact factor: 3.468

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