Status and prediction of disapproval of the Korean workers' compensation insurance for diseases and injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Workers' diseases and injuries are often highly related to work. However, due to limited resources and unclear work relatedness, workers' compensation insurance cannot cover all diseases or injuries among workers. This study aimed to estimate the status and probability of disapproval from national workers' compensation insurance using basic information from Korean workers' compensation system.

Methods

The compensation insurance data for Korean workers consists of personal, occupational, and claims data. We describe the status of disapproval by workers' compensation insurance according to the type of disease or injury. A prediction model for disapproval by workers' compensation insurance was established by applying two machine-learning methods with a logistic regres

SUBMITTER: Choi SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939877 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature