TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Significant decreasing trend in back injuries in a multiemployer environment: a follow-up study
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Leung, Nina
A1  - Yuspeh, Larry
A1  - Kalia, Nimisha
A1  - Lavin, Robert
A1  - Tsourmas, Nicholas
A1  - Bernacki, Edward
A1  - Tao, Xuguang Grant
SP  - e200
EP  - e205
VL  - 61
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001568
ID  - ref1
ER  -