The impact of industry and body part injured on repeat workers' compensation claims.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies investigate the influence of body part injured and industry on future workers' compensation claims.

Methods

Using claims incurred from 1 January 2005 to 31 July 2015 (n = 77 494) from the largest workers' compensation insurer in Colorado, we assessed associations between worker characteristics, second claims involving any body part and the same body part. We utilized Cox proportional hazards models to approximate the probability of a second claim.

Results

First claims represented 74.9% (n = 58 007) and second claims 25.2% (n = 19 487) of total claims. Sex, age, industry, and body part of the first claim were associated with the probability of second claims and the body part affected. The 5-year probabilities of second claims and same body part s

SUBMITTER: Keteyian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7441733 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature