Occupational injury trends derived from trauma registry and hospital discharge records: lessons for surveillance and research

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• Personal Author:
  Bowman SM ; Hogg-Johnson S ; Sears JM ; Shorter ZA
• Description:
  Objective: The suitability of the Washington State Trauma Registry (WTR) for occupational injury surveillance was assessed via comparing estimated rates and trends with those derived from state hospital discharge data. Methods: Descriptive methods and negative binomial regression were used to model occupational injury trends (1998 to 2009). Results: Nonlinear trends based on WTR data closely tracked those based on hospital discharge data, beginning about 2002. Rate estimates differed somewhat by data source and were most similar when a severity threshold was applied. Conclusions regarding temporal trends in work-related injury rates were the same using either data source. Conclusions: This study found substantial similarity between occupational injury trends estimated using either WTR or hospital discharge data. We conclude that a mature state trauma registry with mandatory reporting requirements can be used for surveillance of severe work-related traumatic injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health-services Information-retrieval-systems Information-systems Injuries Medical-services Occupational-medicine Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045203
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2014 Oct; 56(10):1067-1073
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeanne M. Sears, PhD, RN, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Box 354809, Seattle, WA 98195
• Email:
  jeannes@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20120901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:81163e32daa424bbf80f83191307c87208b5db894a5b6767efb16ac3a3983d61b33b0470833394d5dcff7730d9f7f89f50aa1743b436421bd2673a90e1e1ff10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200713/cdc_200713_DS1.pdf
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