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Development and Validation of a Method to Determine the Cost/Benefit Effectiveness of Occupational Health Programs (Technical Supplement to the Final Report).

PB82142936

Publication Date	1974
Page Count	82
Abstract	A generic model for the analysis of costs and benefits of occupational health programs is developed, and data from Kaiser Steel Corporation's Fontana Works used to test the validity of the model. A cost accounting system is developed for the medical facility which permits categorizing all of the costs for the resources for the facility on an annual basis. The actual dollar and nondollar, or intangible, benefits and their effectiveness are difficult to determine because the model needs more precise data. An employee attitude survey, planned to help identify some of the intangible benefits is not implemented because labor negotiations are incomplete.
Keywords	Benefit cost analysis Cost control Models Development Proving Occupational health services Employee health programs Health care costs Health care utilization Analytical methods
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44Q - Health Related Costs 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	Kaiser Foundation International, Oakland, CA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198209
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-099-73-0053

Development and Validation of a Method to Determine the Cost/Benefit Effectiveness of Occupational Health Programs (Technical Supplement to the Final Report).

Development and Validation of a Method to Determine the Cost/Benefit Effectiveness of Occupational Health Programs (Technical Supplement to the Final Report).
PB82142936

Publication Date	1974
Page Count	82
Abstract	A generic model for the analysis of costs and benefits of occupational health programs is developed, and data from Kaiser Steel Corporation's Fontana Works used to test the validity of the model. A cost accounting system is developed for the medical facility which permits categorizing all of the costs for the resources for the facility on an annual basis. The actual dollar and nondollar, or intangible, benefits and their effectiveness are difficult to determine because the model needs more precise data. An employee attitude survey, planned to help identify some of the intangible benefits is not implemented because labor negotiations are incomplete.
Keywords	Benefit cost analysis Cost control Models Development Proving Occupational health services Employee health programs Health care costs Health care utilization Analytical methods
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44Q - Health Related Costs 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	Kaiser Foundation International, Oakland, CA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198209
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-099-73-0053