Epidemiological and performance indicators for occupational health services: a feasibility study in Belgium.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In many European countries, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) providers report their activities and results annually. Ideally, this report should offer an overview of their activities and of the outcome regarding occupational health and safety. To establish a set of epidemiological and performance indicators for electronic reporting of data that can be used for OHS surveillance and prevention purposes. Consequently, the selected data can serve as indicators for exposure to and prevention of occupational risks (epidemiology), and contribute to the evaluation of the functioning (performance) of OHS providers.

Methods

An extensive literature search in combination with an investigation of existing reporting models was performed. The resulting list of potential indi

SUBMITTER: Godderis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4180330 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature