Influenzavaccinatie van ziekenhuismedewerkers vanuit werkgeversperspectief:batig saldo ; Influenza vaccination of hospital healthcare staff from the perspective of the employer:a positive balance

OBJECTIVE: To assess the annual productivity loss among hospital healthcare workers attributable to influenza and to estimate the costs and economic benefits of a vaccination programme from the perspective of the the employer. DESIGN: Cost-benefit analysis. METHODS: The percentage of work loss due to influenza was determined using monthly age and gender specific figures for productivity loss among healthcare workers of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands over the period January 2006-June 2008. Influenza periods were determined on the basis of national surveillance d... Mehr ...