Activities of an employer independent Occupational Medicine Clinic, Cook County Hospital, 1979-1981.
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 72 (10) , 1165-1167
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.72.10.1165
Abstract
In July 1976, Cook County Hospital, a 1,363-bed general public hospital in Chicago, Illinois, established a hospital-funded Occupational Medicine Clinic. A review was made of the clinic records of the 486 new patients evaluated at the clinic from July 1979 to June 1981. Information is presented concerning age, ethnic origin, sex, union representation, referral sources, reason for the referral, number and type of toxic exposure, diagnosis, occupational relationship of the disease, and disposition.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- An Experiment to Test the Feasibility of Integrating Occupational Health Services into an HMOJournal of Public Health Policy, 1981