ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2018
A Follow-Up Study on Return to Work in the Year After Reporting an Occupational Injury Stratified by Outcome of the Workers' Compensation System.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Does Workers' Compensation Status Affect Outcomes after Lumbar Spine Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Factors predicting outcomes from chronic pain management interventions.BMJ medicine · 2025Review
- A Fourteen-year Review of Practice Patterns and Evidence-based Medicine in Operative Metacarpal Fracture Repair.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- Analyzing decline in quality of life by examining employment status changes of occupationally injured workers post medical care.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Article
- Relationship between workers' return to work, job retention and income in industrial accidents in Korea: a longitudinal study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Changes in Income after an Industrial Accident According to Industry and Return-to-Work Status.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Income Changes Due to Disability Ratings and Participation in Economic Activities Caused by Industrial Accidents: A Population-Based Study of Data from the Fourth Panel Study of Workers' Compensation Insurance (PSWCI).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to compare return rates to work between different groups according to the decision from the workers' compensation.
methodRegister data on disability benefits were used to describe return rates to work in Kaplan-Meier curves and association with decision on compensation claims. Disability benefits were granted by the municipalities independently of any compensation claim if sick-listed.
resultsClaimants with ongoing claims were the group with the largest proportion remaining on disability benefits. Claimants with rejected claims returned to work at the same rate (occupational disease) or slower (industrial accident) than claimants with recognized claim without compensation the subsequent year and at a faster rate after decision.
conclusionCompensation claims and proceedings of the workers' compensation system probably increase time to return to work; other factors such as health and social difficulties, however, may explain some of these differences.
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