Is Pre-Employment Medical Examination of Value ?
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Preventive effectiveness of pre-employment medical assessments.
OBJECTIVE AND METHODS Health gain, prevention of health loss, and avoidance of financial risk all seem to be driving forces for the use of pre-employment medical assessment. An attempt is made to measure the effect of implementing the pre-employment medical assessment on these end points. The anticipated maximum preventive effect (preventive effectiveness) of selection by means of pre-employmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591577406700303