@article{ref1,
title="Impact of occupational injuries on nonworkers' compensation medical costs of patient-care workers",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2017",
author="Williams, Jessica A. R. and Sorensen, Glorian and Hashimoto, Dean and Hopcia, Karen and Wagner, Gregory R. and Boden, Leslie I.",
volume="59",
number="6",
pages="e119-e124",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the extent to which work-related injuries contribute to medical expenditures paid for by group health insurance. <br><br>METHODS: Administrative data on OSHA recordable injuries spanning 2010 to 2013 were obtained for female patient care workers (n = 2495). 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. <br><br>RESULTS: Being injured is associated with the odds of having expenditures at both 3 months, odds ratio (OR) 2.17 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.61 to 2.92], and 6 months, 2.95 (95% CI 1.96 to 4.45). Injury was associated with $275 of additional expenditures (95% CI $38 to $549) over 3 months and $587 of additional expenditures (95% CI $167 to $1140) over 6 months. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Injury was associated with increased odds of positive expenditures and increased expenditures paid for by group health insurance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000001047",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001047"
}