Methodologic issues in the use of workers' compensation databases for the study of work injuries with days away from work. I. Sensitivity of case ascertainment
dc.contributor.author | Oleinick, Arthur | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zaidman, Brian | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-19T13:52:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-19T13:52:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Oleinick, Arthur; Zaidman, Brian (2004)."Methodologic issues in the use of workers' compensation databases for the study of work injuries with days away from work. I. Sensitivity of case ascertainment." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 45(3): 260-274. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/34825> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0271-3586 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-0274 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/34825 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=14991853&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Background Case ascertainment costs vary substantially between primary and secondary data sources. This review summarizes information on the sensitivity of state administrative databases in workers' compensation systems for the ascertainment of days-away-from-work (DAFW) work injuries for use in modeling studies. Methods Review of the literature supplemented by data from governmental or organizational reports or produced for this report. Results Employers currently appear to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for 98.9% of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary jobs account for approximately 90% of jobs in the United States. In industries such as manufacturing, the fraction of covered jobs is probably closer to 98%. In Minnesota, the number of DAFW cases ascertained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' annual survey of occupational injuries and illnesses is approximately 92–97% concordant with the number of wage compensation claims for injuries producing DAFW over the period 1992–2000, once adjustments are made to permit direct comparisons of the numbers. The workers' compensation databases provide information for more than 95% of the total DAFW resulting from work injuries. Covariate estimates are unaffected by this less than 5% loss because effects appear dependent on time from injury. Conclusions Statewide workers' compensation administrative databases can have substantial utility for epidemiologic study of work injuries with DAFW because of their size, using high sensitivity for case ascertainment as the evaluative criterion. Am. J. Ind. Med. 45:260–274, 2004. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life and Medical Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Occupational Health and Environmental Toxicology | en_US |
dc.title | Methodologic issues in the use of workers' compensation databases for the study of work injuries with days away from work. I. Sensitivity of case ascertainment | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Occupational Health Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Research and Statistics, Department of Labor and Industry, State of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 14991853 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/34825/1/10333_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.10333 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | American Journal of Industrial Medicine | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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