An examination of trends in occupational medicine practices and worker access to health care.

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• Personal Author:
  Pedersen DH
• Description:
  NIOSH national surveys of the workplace conducted in 1972 and 1981 indicate considerable change in both the manner in which occupational medicine services are delivered to the workforce and in the traditional role of the occupational health physician. Trend analysis indicates that, as a whole, the workforce in the manufacturing sector is being provided with increasing access to medical care as a consequence of employment. There is a parallel trend to provide these services off-site, primarily through contractual sources. There also appears to be a tendency to eliminate the traditional on-site occupational medicine physician in favor of contractual sources of care. Since the NIOSH data indicates that on-site provision of physician services in both small and large industrial facilities appears to be more comprehensive and to be provided more frequently, there is some concern about the ultimate effect on the health of the workforce.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Medical-care Occupational-health Occupational-medicine Physicians Worker-health Workplace-studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  35
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025017
• Citation:
  National Conference on State-Based Occupational Health and Safety Activities, September 3-6, 1991, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1991 Sep; :35
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1377f802d487e94b648e3400fe1204a57111f575ef0bcf92ceea3b28711ef17f479f21961c4a54c3e7d000f45d0c64f492988fa4c757ec6ead58a988286d960c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181226/cdc_181226_DS1.pdf
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