Systems analysis of an occupational health department: recommendations to increase effectiveness.
The author analyzes the occupational health department of an urban health maintenance organization using systems theory. The framework for the analysis includes the environment, inputs, throughputs, outputs, evaluation, and forces of entropy and negentropy, as well as stresses and strains. Recommendations to increase the effectiveness of the department are based on the analysis. Any occupational health department could benefit from a similar analysis.
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D004526:Efficiency; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009874:Operations Research; D013597:Systems Analysis