@article{ref1,
title="The impact of occupational injury reduction on the U.S. economy",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2006",
author="Zaloshnja, Eduard and Miller, Ted R. and Waehrer, Geetha M.",
volume="49",
number="9",
pages="719-727",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Preventing occupational injuries reduces labor and fringe benefit costs to employers. The related savings filter through the economy, impacting its performance. This study is a first attempt to measure the impact of occupational injury reduction on national economic output, gross domestic product, national income, and employment by using an input-output model of the U.S. economy. METHODS: Occupational injury costs by industry for 1993 were used as a baseline for an input-output model, and the impact of the 38% injury rate reduction between 1993 and 2002 was measured. All computations are in year 2000 dollars. RESULTS: Declining occupational injury between 1993 and 2002 increased employment by an estimated 550,000 jobs. The increase in gross domestic product (GDP) was $25.5 billion or 9% of the average annual GDP increase from 1993 to 2002. CONCLUSIONS: These estimates represent the benefits of injury rate reduction but ignore associated prevention costs.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.20353",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20353"
}