What Industrial Categories Are Workers at Excess Risk of Filing a COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Claim? A Study Conducted in 11 Midwestern US States.
J Occup Environ Med
; 63(5): 374-380, 2021 05 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1301396
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Determine the industries with the highest proportion of accepted COVID-19 related workers' compensation (WC) claims.METHODS:
Study included 21,336 WC claims (1898 COVID-19 and 19,438 other claims) that were filed between January 1, 2020 and August 31, 2020 from 11 states in the Midwest United States.RESULT:
The overwhelming proportion of all COVID-19 related WC claims submitted and accepted were from healthcare workers (83.77%). Healthcare was the only industrial classification that was at significantly higher COVID-19 WC claim submission risk (odds ratio [OR] 4.00; 95% confidence intervals [CI] 2.77 to 5.79) controlling for type of employment, sex, age, and presumption of COVID-19 work-relatedness. Within healthcare employment, WC claims submitted by workers in medical laboratories had the highest risk (crude rate ratio of 8.78).CONCLUSION:
Healthcare employment is associated with an increased risk of developing COVID-19 infections and submitting a workers' compensation claim.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Personnel
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Workers' Compensation
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COVID-19
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Industry
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Occupational Diseases
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Occup Environ Med
Journal subject:
Occupational Medicine
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Environmental Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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