Screening on occupational health management comprehensive evaluating indexes

  Objective   To explore the estabishment of the occupational health management comprehensive evaluating indexes.

  Methods   Based on the data of the occupational health field in 2003 from 10 areas in China, according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, 26 comprehensive evaluating indexes were set up and statistical methods were used to screen the indexes and to test the results.

  Results   13 comprehensive evaluating indexes were selected, which could reflect occupational health management status from eight aspects.

  Conclusion   The selected indexes were satisfied to the following criterions: importance, credibility, ascertain, accessibility, comparability, sensitivity, specialty, representativity, and can be used in the occupational health management comprehensive evaluating.