Impact of youth injuries on the uninsured farm family's economic viability

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• Personal Author:
  Miller TR ; Zaloshnja E
• Description:
  The objective of this study is to estimate the impact of youth injuries on the uninsured farm family's economic viability. Using farm prototypes, we compared farm profits with costs of farm youth injuries. We built profit models for two types of farms, dairy and soybean farms. Then we estimated the cost impact of farm youth injuries of different levels of severity on a farm family with no health insurance. A severe child injury that requires at least 10 days of hospitalisation would cost almost equal to the operating profit of the average dairy farm with no health insurance and would turn the operating profit of the average soybean farm into a severe loss of $99,499. Prevention of child agricultural injuries would significantly improve the financial situation for farm families that lack health insurance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Animal Husbandry Animals Dairy Products Family Farmers Food Handling Food Industry Mortality Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Agricultural-workers Animal-husbandry-workers Author Keywords: Farm Youth Injury Children Dairy-products Families Farm Profit Food-handlers Foodstuff Health-care Injuries Injury-prevention Injury Cost Injury Severity Medical-treatment Mortality-data Sociological-factors Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries Uninsured Farm Family

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• ISSN:
  1745-7300
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  109-113
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040470
• Citation:
  Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2012 Apr; 19(2):109-113
• Contact Point Address:
  Eduard Zaloshnja, PhD, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11720 Beltsville Dr, Suite 900, Calverton, MD 20705-3111
• Email:
  zaloshnja@pire.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9eeae0714f09f68c0f27f88558397541f38334fa6f78357b171ca8f2308be8f211b71fef0b98d989af6adbfe4ce143e49dfc8a24ad405094da2cff58bcf2c195
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193312/cdc_193312_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 99.97 KB ]