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Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Prevention of Work Disability

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The chapter starts with three published examples of economic evaluations of WDP interventions. Next, different types and examples of economic evaluations of both intervention level data and model-based economic evaluations used in WDP research are presented.

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  1. Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Kimi Uegaki Ph.D. & Allard J. van der Beek Ph.D.

  2. Body@Work, Research Center for Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO-VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Allard J. van der Beek Ph.D.

  3. Institute for Work & Health, 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 2E9

    Emile Tompa Ph.D.

  4. Department of Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Emile Tompa Ph.D.

  5. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Emile Tompa Ph.D.

  6. Department of Health Sciences, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Maurits W. van Tulder Ph.D.

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Uegaki, K., van der Beek, A.J., Tompa, E., van Tulder, M.W. (2013). Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Prevention of Work Disability. In: Loisel, P., Anema, J. (eds) Handbook of Work Disability. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6214-9_23

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