I'm sorry Stuart, perhaps my grammar was not as good as it should have been.
My dissertation focused on the 4 methods of cost-benefit analysis. The model
that I referred to was used to demonstrate interrelationships of the OH
processes and methods of evaluation; and where cost-benefit analysis method
fitted into the interrelationship.
Many apologies for the misunderstanding
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S. Whitaker [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; Amanda Dowson
> Subject: RE: Audit of occupational health services
>
> Amanda,
>
> Thanks for your response,
>
> You say that, in your dissertation, you demonstrated that you can
> audit the difference between output and outcome in OH.
>
> I can see that this might be relatively straight forward for things like
> vaccination programmes - over time you would hope to see no new
> cases of for example Hep B and might reasonably assume that (if
> the risk of exposure has remained the same) that the vaccination
> programme has contributed to this, particulary if you had a control
> group. There might also be an impact from raised awareness,
> improved working practices, mechanical aids etc. So direct cause
> and effect relationships might be difficult to demonstrate in groups.
>
> But when it comes to other core OH activies such as, pre
> employment assessment, health promotion, counselling and even
> things like workplace assessment, exposure assessment, health
> surveillance - I would be interested to know:
>
> a what outcome measures you use for these activities
> b how you measure these outcomes (taking into account latency)
> c how you put a 'cost' to them
>
> Thorney issues...... but if you have published something on this I
> would be interested in the referrence.
>
> Stuart
>
> Dr. S.C. Whitaker
> Senior Research Fellow
> Head of Health Services Research Unit
> Institute of Occupational Health
> University of Birmingham
> Birmingham B15 2TT
>
> Tel (44) 0121 414 6010
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