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Impact of Occupational Injuries on Non-Workers’ Compensation Medical Costs of Patient-Care Workers
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Jun 2017
Source: J Occup Environ Med. 59(6):e119-e124.
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Alternative Title:J Occup Environ Med
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Description:Objective
To estimate the extent to which work-related injuries contribute to medical expenditures paid for by group health insurance.
Methods
Administrative data on OSHA recordable injuries spanning 2010–2013 were obtained for female patient care workers (n=2,495). Expenditures were aggregated group health insurance claims for 3 and 6 month periods before/after injury. Group health insurance plan type, age group, and job category were control variables.
Results
Being injured is associated with the odds of having expenditures at both 3 months, OR 2.17 [95% CI (1.61, 2.92)], and 6 months, 2.95 [95% CI (1.96, 4.45)]. Injury was associated with $275 of additional expenditures [95% CI ($38, $549)] over 3 months and $587 of additional expenditures [95% CI ($167, $1140)] over 6 months.
Conclusions
Injury was associated with increased odds of positive expenditures and increased expenditures paid for by group health insurance.
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Pubmed ID:28598939
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC5488856
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