Post-Acute COVID Among California Workers' Compensation Claims Filed in 2020-2022 [prepub]

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• Journal Article:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Vergara, Ximena P. ; Gibb, Kathryn ; Garvey, Kathleen M. ; Frederick, Matt ; Harrison, Robert J.
• Description:
  Objectives: To examine sociodemographic risk factors for post-acute COVID (PASC) among California workers' compensation (WC) claims in 2020-2022. Methods: We matched WC claims to SARS-CoV-2 test data, augmented with external sociodemographic data, and estimated odds ratios (OR) using logistic regression models. Results: PASC accounted for 7% of the 206,375 COVID and PASC cases. PASC cases were more commonly 30-49 years old, female, longer tenured, and in healthcare and protective service occupations compared to acute COVID. The highest PASC OR were among workers 50-69 years old, and workers of color, including non-Latino American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Island, and multiple races, and healthcare practitioners. Conclusions: During the first three years of the COVID pandemic, PASC was common among workers with WC claims in CA and unevenly distributed, with observed disparities by age, race, and occupation. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • COVID-19
  • Occupational Health
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
  • Safety
  • Workers' Compensation
• Keywords:
  • COVID-19
  • Long COVID
  • Workers Compensation
  • Sociodemographic factors
  • Epidemiology
  • Demographic characteristics
  • Occupations
  • Occupational exposure
  • Occupational health
  • Author Keywords: post-acute COVID-19
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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; San Francisco Region OSHA
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  33 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071858
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2026 Jun; :Epub ahead of print
• Contact Point Address:
  Ximena P. Vergara, California Department of Public Health - Occupational Health Branch, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond, California 94804
• Email:
  ximena.vergara@cdph.ca.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2026
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  2021/06/11
• End Date:
  2022/12/31
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/260080/cdc_260080_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.82 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d37950aa7cd23c426feada93ae5e28d93ba06fd5d0034128a80a33c83905bfbbc96c9681ce9a1c96129a8ba539b10ad872d406a18ecbd5920c11a0a2c04663a6