Capturing cases in workers' compensation databases: The example of neck pain

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 557-568

  Van Eerd, Dwayne ^a,d   Côté, Pierre ^a,b   Beaton, Dorcas ^a,c   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^a,b   Vidmar, Marjan ^a   Kristman, Vicki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative database; Bias; Diagnosis; Measurement; Neck injury; Occupational injury; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACCURACY; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA BASE; ARM INJURY; BACK; CANADA; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ONTARIO WORKPLACE AND INSURANCE BOARD; PATIENT CODING; REVIEW; SHOULDER INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; NECK PAIN; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33745500691     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20329     Document Type: Review

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