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Follow Up Survey of Coal Miners.

PB82213703

Publication Date	1972
Page Count	77
Abstract	The American College of Radiology (ACR) has conducted a survey designed to assist the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in evaluating the effectiveness of procedures used to notify underground coal miners and their designated physicians when X-ray examination provided under PL-91-173 reveal the presence of significant nonpneumoconiotic conditions. This document reports the findings of the ACR survey. The specific purposes of the study were: to determine the percentage of 'designated' physicians who actually received referral letters from the Public Health Service; to determine the percentage of miners who received their referral letters; to determine the percentage of miners who saw their physicians as a result of the referral letter; to identify steps to be used to assure receipt of referral letters; to identify the impediments to miners receiving follow-up; to develop recommendations for overcoming roadblocks for adequate referral and future referral procedures.
Keywords	Industrial medicine Underground mining Coal mining Pneumoconiosis X rays Evaluation Effectiveness Medical examination Physicians Occupational diseases Diagnosis Surveys Occupational safety and health Health surveys
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	American Coll. of Radiology, Chicago, IL.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198219
Contract Number	PHS-HSM-099-71-0034

Follow Up Survey of Coal Miners.

Follow Up Survey of Coal Miners.
PB82213703

Publication Date	1972
Page Count	77
Abstract	The American College of Radiology (ACR) has conducted a survey designed to assist the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in evaluating the effectiveness of procedures used to notify underground coal miners and their designated physicians when X-ray examination provided under PL-91-173 reveal the presence of significant nonpneumoconiotic conditions. This document reports the findings of the ACR survey. The specific purposes of the study were: to determine the percentage of 'designated' physicians who actually received referral letters from the Public Health Service; to determine the percentage of miners who received their referral letters; to determine the percentage of miners who saw their physicians as a result of the referral letter; to identify steps to be used to assure receipt of referral letters; to identify the impediments to miners receiving follow-up; to develop recommendations for overcoming roadblocks for adequate referral and future referral procedures.
Keywords	Industrial medicine Underground mining Coal mining Pneumoconiosis X rays Evaluation Effectiveness Medical examination Physicians Occupational diseases Diagnosis Surveys Occupational safety and health Health surveys
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	American Coll. of Radiology, Chicago, IL.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198219
Contract Number	PHS-HSM-099-71-0034