| Document ID (ISN) | 109907 |
| CIS number |
09-756 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Young A.E., Cifuentes M., Wasiak R., Webster B.S. |
| Title |
Urban-rural differences in work disability following occupational injury: Are they related to differences in healthcare utilization? |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 2009, Vol.51, No.2, p.204-212. Illus. 25 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to investigate urban-rural differences in health care utilization following compensable work-related injury and to determine whether differences relate to work disability. Worker's compensation data relating to 4889 bone fracture patients were reviewed. Regression analyses were used to test the associations between a rural location, work disability and health care utilization. Place of residence was found to relate to health care utilization and work-disability duration. The implications of these and other findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; geographical variables; workmen's compensation; USA |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
accident absenteeism; fractures; comparative study; statistical evaluation; health services |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
Workers' compensation
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