Assessing the work relatedness of diagnoses in occupational health primary care appointments: a 3-year review of electronic medical records.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This is the first study to use real-life electronic medical record data from occupational health (OH) primary care to evaluate how often physicians assess and confirm diagnoses' work relatedness (the definition implying causal or aggravating factors at work) in relation to the physicians' expertise, allocated appointment time and type of diagnosis.

Methods

We analysed registered data on face-to-face appointments with an occupational physician (n=70 163) at a Finnish OH service provider in 2020-2022, using cross tabulations and logistic regression to estimate the likelihood of assessments and conclusions that the diagnoses are work related, depending on whether the physician was specialised in OH, the appointment duration and the diagnoses' International Classifica

SUBMITTER: Soini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322384 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature