title: Stakeholders' Perspectives About and Priorities for Economic Evaluation of Health and Safety Programs in Healthcare.
abstract: This study identified and prioritized resources and outcomes that should be considered in more comprehensive and scientifically rigorous health and safety economic evaluations according to healthcare sector stakeholders. A literature review and stakeholder interviews identified candidate resources and outcomes and then a Delphi panel ranked them. According to the panel, the top five resources were (a) health and safety staff time; (b) training workers; (c) program planning, promotion, and evaluation costs; (d) equipment purchases and upgrades; and (e) administration costs. The top five outcomes were (a) number of injuries, illnesses, and general sickness absences; (b) safety climate; (c) days lost due to injuries, illnesses, and general sickness absences; (d) job satisfaction and engagement; and (e) quality of care and patient safety. These findings emphasize stakeholders' stated priorities and are useful as a benchmark for assessing the quality of health and safety economic evaluations and the comprehensiveness of these findings.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Work & Health McMaster University University of Toronto etompa@iwh.on.ca.
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tompa
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia.
authors.forename: Henriette
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.affiliation: Institute for Work & Health.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.affiliation: University of Texas.
authors.forename: Hasanat
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alamgir
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia.
authors.forename: Mieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koehoorn
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guzman
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003697:Delphi Technique; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000193:education; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000191:economics*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods
keywords: economic evaluation; health and safety; healthcare; resource allocation; work injury and illness