| Document ID (ISN) | 59336 |
| CIS number |
93-118 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Strader C.H., Petersen G.R. |
| Title |
Evaluating strategies for health surveillance - Health event ascertainment at a nuclear facility |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1992, Vol.34, No.1, p.45-52. Illus. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
The US Department of Energy's Health Surveillance System is a pilot project to design, implement, and evaluate a system of routine morbidity surveillance based on routinely collected occupational medical data at participating Department of Energy facilities. At the Hanford Site (Richland, Washington), most health events were ascertained using a 21-day threshold-of-absence criterion. This provisional threshold, established under the assumption that it would capture all important morbidity, has been criticised as potentially omitting morbidity of interest. A review of all health-event absences occurring over a one-year period revealed that the efficacy of the 21-day threshold varies widely by diagnosis and that absence-based eligibility criteria are not useful for all morbidity of interest. Future development will require supplementation of health-event ascertainment by other, diagnosis-based criteria to ensure completeness of ascertainment. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
morbidity; sickness absenteeism; safety and health documentation; nuclear power stations; health service records; accident absenteeism |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; classification; diagnosis |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Power generation and distribution
Safety and health information
Economic aspects
Occupational health services
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