Associations between workers' compensation and self-harm: A retrospective case-series study of hospital admissions data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While workers' compensation schemes aim to assist and support injured workers, there is some evidence that the process of pursuing a compensation claim may be extremely stressful for workers. This research aimed to compare hospital admissions for self-harm among workers' compensation claimants and non-claimants.

Methods

A retrospective case-series design, this study used hospital admissions data for 42,567 patients (2011-2018) to estimate rates of hospital admission for intentional self-harm and 'self-harm and probable self-harm' (due to intentional self-harm, poisoning, or undetermined intent) and compare these between workers' compensation claimants and non-claimants. Rates were stratified by gender and calculated for each age group.

Findings

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SUBMITTER: King TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9679691 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature