TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Early labor force exit subsequent to permanently impairing occupational injury or illness among workers 50-64 years of age
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Scott, Kenneth A.
A1  - Liao, Qing
A1  - Fisher, Gwenith G.
A1  - Stallones, Lorann
A1  - DiGuiseppi, Carolyn
A1  - Tompa, Emile
SP  - 317
EP  - 325
VL  - 61
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Severity of workplace injury tends to increase with age. Whether older workers who experience a workplace injury or illness exit the labor force sooner than comparable peers is not established. <br><br>METHODS: A case-cohort study design and complementary log-log model were used to identify factors associated with average time to early substantial labor force exit among workers' compensation claimants 50-64 years of age with permanent impairment from an occupational injury or illness. Analysis was based on Ontario's workers' compensation claimant data from 1998 to 2006 linked with Canadian tax files. <br><br>RESULTS: Workers with permanent impairment left the labor force earlier, on average, than peers without claims. Early retirement was associated with older age in the injury/illness year, greater impairment, lower pre-claim income, physically demanding jobs, and soft-tissue injuries. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Policies aiming to extend older adults' working lives should account for the potentially disparate impacts on older workers of occupational injury and illness.<br><br>© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22817
ID  - ref1
ER  -