ArticleBMJ open2021
Relationship between workers' return to work, job retention and income in industrial accidents in Korea: a longitudinal study.
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- Factors for Returning to Work for Patients with Physical Disabilities and Brain Damage After Industrial Accidents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A scoping review of health risks and outcomes from disasters in the Republic of Korea.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Do Short-Term Improvements in Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Have Association With Return to Work in Workers With Occupational Injury? From an Occupational Injury Cohort in Taiwan.Safety and health at work · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic and morbidity characteristics of people on long-term sick leave.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to compare workers' income before and after an occupational injury, with regard to return to work and job retention, over a period of 5 years.
designThis study was designed as a longitudinal study.
settingThe Panel Study of Workers' Compensation Insurance (PSWCI) survey targeted workers involved in industrial accidents for which medical care was terminated in the year 2012.
participantsThe panel study was conducted on a final sample of 2000 workers who were selected proportionally by region (nine regions) after priority assignment by disability rating (six levels). A total of 1458 workers were finally included in this study.
methodsThis study used data from the first to fifth PSWCI. To identify the effect on income after occupational injury considering return to work and job retention, we used the generalised estimating equation.
resultsIn regard to workers' return to work, the OR that income after an occupational injury would be higher than that before an occupational injury was 3.17 (2.41-4.17) for those who returned to original work and 2.32 (1.81-2.97) for those re-employed as compared with who did not return to work and 1.27 (1.07-1.15) for those who retained their job as compared with those who did not. The ORs were 2.91 (2.26-3.75) for those who were re-employed and retained jobs and 2.96 (2.15-4.08) for those who returned to original work and did not retain jobs as compared with those who did not return to work and did not retain jobs.
conclusionsIt is important for accident victims to retain their jobs to maintain their economic status.
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