Value of preemployment medical assessments for white-collar workers.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: Merkel, Drorit; Moshe, Shlomo; Slodownik, Dan | Copyright information

Employee absenteeism as a result of illness, as well as the need to enhance worker efficiency, are areas of increasing concern to employers. Given that preemployment medical assessments are expensive, the authors believe it is prudent to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of such procedures. Medical literature was reviewed, and relevant studies on preemployment assessments were analyzed in terms of yield and methodology. The authors found no clear guidelines for preemployment medical evaluatio...

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