Severe occupational injuries among older workers: Demographic factors, time of injury, place and mechanism of injury, length of stay, and cost data

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Grandjean, Cynthia K ^a   McMullen, Patricia C ^a   Miller, Kenneth P ^b   Howie, William O ^c   Ryan, Kevin ^d   Myers, Alice ^a   Dutton, Richard ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost; Older adults; Severe occupational injuries; Trauma; Worker characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGED WORKER; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33744496845     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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