| Document ID (ISN) | 110959 |
| CIS number |
10-0502 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2010 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Van Houtven G., Reed W.R., Biddle E.A., Volkwein J.C., Clayton L., Finkelstein E. |
| Title |
Rates and costs of respiratory illness in coal mining: A cross-industry comparative analysis |
| Bibliographic information |
June 2010, Vol.52, No.6, p.610-617. 12 ref. |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and costs of respiratory illness for workers in coal mining, compared with other industries in the United States. Using 5 years of insurance claims data for an annual average of 96,240 adult males, the probability and costs of respiratory illness was modelled as a function of workers' industry and other factors. Controlling for non-industry factors, workers in coal mining had significantly higher rates of respiratory illness claims (by 2.1% to 3.3% points) compared with other mining, agriculture, construction and manufacturing. For coal mining workers with respiratory illness, annual medical care costs for these claims were also significantly higher (by USD 111 to 289). These findings underscore the continued importance and potential cost effectiveness of measures to protect miners from harmful occupational exposures, particularly to coal dust. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
respiratory diseases; coal mining; cost of diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; comparative analysis; economic aspects; frequency rates |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Mining and quarrying
Economic aspects
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