Incidence and cost of depression after occupational injury

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• Personal Author:
  Asfaw A ; Souza, Kerry
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: We examined if injured workers were more likely than noninjured workers to be treated for depression after an occupational injury and estimated the cost paid by group medical insurance. METHOD: Nearly 367,900 injured and noninjured workers were drawn from the 2005 Thomson Reuters MarketScan data. Descriptive, logistic, and two-part model regression analyses were used. RESULTS: The odds of injured workers being treated for depression within the study period were 45% higher than those of noninjured workers (95% confidence interval, 1.17-1.78). The unconditional average cost of outpatient depression treatment was 63% higher for injured workers than for noninjured workers. CONCLUSIONS: Injured workers were more likely than noninjured workers to suffer from depression during the study period. Consequently, additional costs are incurred for treating injured workers' depression; these costs were not covered by the workers' compensation system. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health-care Humans Injuries Mathematical-models Medical-care Mental-disorders Mental-health Outpatient-facilities Psychological-adaptation Psychological-disorders Psychological-effects Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041481
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Sep; 54(9):1086-1091
• Contact Point Address:
  Abay Asfaw, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 395 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20201
• Email:
  hqp0@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining ; Oil and Gas Extraction
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:280f1d767828f16ddf8beaf7034072fedd65cb4ad527ffdafd2223656ed12233cdea2b035b799baf6b66c06f74633d6166933f0214aa7befd639e045a2a19d60
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194043/cdc_194043_DS1.pdf
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