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How is "coverage" defined for occupational health services?

Takashi Muto1, Tetsuya Mizoue, Yoko Araki

  • 1Department of Public Health, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. mutot@med.juntendo.ac.jp

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
|September 10, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Occupational health services (OHS) coverage lacks a clear definition, hindering national OHS level assessments. This study clarifies the term, emphasizing the need for defined OHS functions, numerator, and denominator for objective evaluation.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Public Health Policy
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Occupational health services (OHS) coverage is a key indicator for national OHS levels.
  • Existing literature uses the term 'coverage' inconsistently, lacking a precise definition.
  • The vagueness surrounding OHS coverage has not been adequately addressed in research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To clarify the definition and scope of 'coverage' in the context of occupational health services.
  • To analyze how 'coverage' is defined and measured in existing OHS literature.
  • To identify the essential components for a standardized definition of OHS coverage.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review of papers discussing OHS coverage.
  • Analysis of definitions, denominators (target population), and numerators (workers receiving OHS).

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  • Examination of OHS functions and worker categories included in coverage calculations.

    • Main Results:

    • Few studies provide an explicit definition of OHS coverage.
    • OHS functions included in coverage are rarely specified.
    • The target population (denominator) and methods for estimating workers receiving OHS (numerator) are generally undefined.

    Conclusions:

    • The term 'coverage' for occupational health services is used without a clear, standardized definition.
    • Objective national OHS level assessments require a precise definition of coverage.
    • A standardized definition must include OHS functions, numerator, and denominator components.