ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
COVID-19 among Health Workers in Germany-An Update.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- Analysis of Recognized Occupational Infectious Diseases in Germany Between 2018 and 2023.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Conception and development of a neurological registry of patients with persistent health impairments following work-related COVID-19 disease in Germany.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2024Article
- Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Employees in Outpatient Care Services in Hamburg.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- COVID-19 as an Occupational Disease-Temporal Trends in the Number and Severity of Claims in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on Workers in Health and Social Services in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- [Persistent fatigue symptoms following COVID-19 infection in healthcare workers: risk factors and impact on quality of life].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2022Article
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Abstract
This is an update of our report on COVID-19 among health and social welfare workers in Germany. Workers' compensation claims for occupational diseases (OD) are recorded in a standardized database of the Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW). We analyzed which workers in the health and welfare sector are most often affected by COVID-19. For the different sectors in healthcare and welfare, the number of full-time workers is known (FTW), allowing for calculation of claim rates by sector. The period for data presentation was extended to 3 May 2021 for this update. The cumulative number of COVID-19 claims increased from 4398 by May 2020 to 84,728 by May 2021. The majority of claims concern nursing homes (39.5%) and hospitals (37.6%). Nursing is the profession most often concerned (68.8%). Relative to the number of workers, the claim rate is highest for hospitals (41.3/1000 FTW). Seventy-seven workers died (0.09%) and three hundred and seventy-five (0.4%) were hospitalized. A total of 65,693 (77.5%) claims were assessed, and for 81.4% of these claims, the OD was confirmed. The number of health and welfare workers affected by COVID-19 is high. With most HW vaccinated by now in Germany, within the next few weeks or months, the number of new cases should decrease.
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