Health Risk Factors as Predictors of Workers’ Compensation Claim Occurrence and Cost

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• Personal Author:
  Atherly A ; Dally MJ ; Fang H ; Goetzel, Ron Z. ; Jinnett K ; McMillen J ; Newman, Lee S. ; Reynolds S ; Schwatka, Natalie V. ; Tenney L ; vS Brockbank C ; Witter R
• Description:
  Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the predictive relationships between employee health risk factors (HRFs) and workers' compensation (WC) claim occurrence and costs. Methods: Logistic regression and generalised linear models were used to estimate the predictive association between HRFs and claim occurrence and cost among a cohort of 16 926 employees from 314 large, medium and small businesses across multiple industries. First, unadjusted (HRFs only) models were estimated, and second, adjusted (HRFs plus demographic and work organisation variables) were estimated. Results: Unadjusted models demonstrated that several HRFs were predictive of WC claim occurrence and cost. After adjusting for demographic and work organisation differences between employees, many of the relationships previously established did not achieve statistical significance. Stress was the only HRF to display a consistent relationship with claim occurrence, though the type of stress mattered. Stress at work was marginally predictive of a higher odds of incurring a WC claim (p<0.10). Stress at home and stress over finances were predictive of higher and lower costs of claims, respectively (p<0.05). Conclusions: The unadjusted model results indicate that HRFs are predictive of future WC claims. However, the disparate findings between unadjusted and adjusted models indicate that future research is needed to examine the multilevel relationship between employee demographics, organisational factors, HRFs and WC claims. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Demography Epidemiology Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Small Business Stress, Psychological

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• Keywords:
  Cohort Studies Cost Analyses Costs Demographic Characteristics Job Stress Mental Health Risk Factors Small Businesses Workers Compensation Work Organization
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Colorado ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  14-23
• Volume:
  74
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051932
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2017 Jan; 74(1):14-23
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Natalie V Schwatka, Center for Health, Work and Environment, Colorado School of Public Health, 13001 E. 17th Place, 3rd Floor, Mail Stop B-119, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
• Email:
  natalie.schwatka@ucdenver.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1cdf148ee69f4e21c8a31095cdb6eace525bbb3f5d9f1375a3aaa02cda41f27a860c06ec2a5c80b292436d25fb70ac8a5977fcb4edb4eb9ab7e8edc76e86b4a7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211596/cdc_211596_DS1.pdf
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