Journal article
Characteristics of agricultural and occupational injuries by workers’ compensation and other payer sources
American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.62(11), pp.969-977
11/2019
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23040
PMCID: PMC6944284
PMID: 31436863
Abstract
Background
Workers’ compensation claims data are routinely used to identify and describe work‐related injury for public health surveillance and research, yet the proportion of work‐related injuries covered by workers’ compensation, especially in the agricultural industry, is unknown.
Methods
Using data from the Iowa Trauma Registry, we determined the sensitivity and specificity of the use of workers’ compensation as a payer source to ascertain work‐related injuries requiring acute care comparing agriculture with other rural industries.
Results
The sensitivity of workers’ compensation as a payer source to identify work‐related agricultural injuries was 18.5%, suggesting that the large majority of occupational agricultural injuries would not be accurately identified through workers’ compensation records. For rural nonagricultural, rural occupational injuries, the sensitivity was higher (64.2%). Work‐related agricultural injuries were most frequently covered by private insurance (39.6%) and public insurance (21.4%), while rural nonagricultural injuries were most frequently covered by workers’ compensation (65.2%).
Conclusions
Workers’ compensation claims data will not include the majority of work‐related agricultural injuries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics of agricultural and occupational injuries by workers’ compensation and other payer sources
- Creators
- Celestin Missikpode - University of IowaCorinne Peek‐Asa - University of IowaBrad Wright - University of IowaMarizen Ramirez - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.62(11), pp.969-977
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajim.23040
- PMID
- 31436863
- PMCID
- PMC6944284
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Ind Med
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- eISSN
- 1097-0274
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- CDC/National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Cent) CDC/National Institute for Occupational Health (Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health U50 OH)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2019
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984215139902771
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