title: Cost effective, hospital based occupational health services. Successful program.
abstract: 1. Development of hospital based occupational health service programs focused on meeting business needs is a response to declining inpatient utilization rates, increasing numbers of physicians, and expanding payer control. 2. Nurse practice models using nurse practitioners have demonstrated high quality, cost effective care. 3. Responsiveness to meeting both employee client and employer needs is the key to successful program development.
authors.affiliation: DuPont Chambers Works, Deepwater, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konstantinos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crespo
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care