| Document ID (ISN) | 109948 |
| CIS number |
09-774 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Carlos-Rivera F., Aguilar-Madrid G., Gómez-Montenegro P.A., Juárez-Pérez C.A., Sánchez-Román F.R., Durcudoy Montandon J.E.A., Borja-Aburto V.H. |
| Title |
Estimation of health-care costs for work-related injuries in the Mexican Institute of Social Security |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2009, Vol.52, No.3, p.195-201. Illus. 30 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to assess the direct heath care costs of work-related accidents in the Mexican Institute of Social Security, a health insurance institution covering over 12 million workers and their families. The costs of treatment for 295,594 reported occupational injuries in 2005 were analysed. The occupational injury rate was 2.9 per 100 workers. Average cost per case was USD 2059. The total cost of the health care of officially-recognized injured workers was USD 753 million (corrected to USD 791 million for underreporting). If the same costs are applied for informal workers who represent approximately half of the working population of Mexico, the cost of healthcare for occupational injuries reaches about 1% of the gross domestic product. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Mexico; cost of accidents; health services |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
informal sector; frequency rates; role of insurance institutions; economic aspects |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Mexico |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
Economic aspects
Health care services
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