@article{ref1,
title="Significant decreasing trend in back injuries in a multiemployer environment: a follow-up study",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2019",
author="Leung, Nina and Yuspeh, Larry and Kalia, Nimisha and Lavin, Robert and Tsourmas, Nicholas and Bernacki, Edward and Tao, Xuguang Grant",
volume="61",
number="5",
pages="e200-e205",
abstract="BACKGROUND: A significant decrease in back injury claims was observed in a single employer. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to validate whether back injury claims are decreasing in a multiemployer environment within a non-monopolistic state and quantify the risk of delayed return-to-work and adverse cost of injured workers with back injuries. <br><br>METHODS: Thirty-six thousand four hundred sixty-three claims from 1998 to 2015 were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic and Cox-Proportional Hazards models. <br><br>RESULTS: Back injury claims decreased three-fold (5.02 to 1.60 per 1000 employees) and were more likely to have claim costs over $100,000 (odds ratio = 2.41) and delayed return-to-work (hazard ratio = 1.16). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Back injury claims are decreasing in a multiemployer environment within a non-monopolistic state.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000001568",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001568"
}