Capture-Recapture Estimates of Nonfatal Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 500-506

  Boden, Leslie I ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Injury; Occupational health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44649201477     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Hanrahan L.P. A comparison of the BLS annual survey to workers' compensation for Wisconsin in 1984 and 1985. Appendix E of: Panel on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Counting Injuries and Illnesses in the Workplace: Proposals for a Better System (1987), National Academy Press, Washington DC 155-171
2. Seligman P.J., Sieber W.K., Pedersen D.H., Sundin D.S., and Frazier T.M. Compliance with OSHA record-keeping requirements. Am J Public Health 78 (1988) 1218-1219
3. Eisenberg W.M., and McDonald H. Evaluating workplace injury and illness records; testing a procedure. Monthly Labor Rev 111 4 (1988) 58-60
4. Fine L.J., Silverstein B.A., Armstrong T.J., Anderson C.A., and Sugano D.S. Detection of cumulative trauma disorders of upper extremities in the workplace. J Occup Med 28 (1986) 674-678
5. Silverstein B.A., Stetson D.S., Keyserling W.M., and Fine L.J. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: comparison of data sources for surveillance. Am J Ind Med 31 (1997) 600-608
6. McCurdy S.A., Schenker M.B., and Samuels S.J. Reporting of occupational injury and illness in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Am J Public Health 81 (1991) 85-89
7. Biddle J., and Roberts K. Evidence on the level and determinants of workers' compensation take-up rates. Working paper (2001)
8. Morse T., Dillon C., Warren N., Levenstein C., and Warren A. The economic and social consequences of work-related musculoskeletal disorders: The Connecticut upper-extremity surveillance project (CUSP). Int J Occup Environ Health 4 (1998) 209-216
9. Lakdawalla D., Reville R.T., and Seabury S.A. How Does Health Insurance Affect Workers' Compensation Filing?. Econ Inquiry 45 (2007) 286-303
10. Smith G.S., Wellman H.M., Sorock G.S., Warner M., Courtney T.K., Pransky G.S., and Fingerhut L.A. Injuries at Work in the US adult population: Contributions to the total injury burden. Am J Public Health 95 (2005) 1213-1219
11. International Working Group for Disease Monitoring and Forecasting. Capture-recapture and multiple-record systems estimation II: Applications in human diseases. Am J Epidemiol 142 (1995) 1059-1068
12. Rossignol M. Completeness of provincial workers' compensation files to identify fatal occupational injuries. Can J Public Health 85 (1994) 244-247
13. Cormack R.M., Chang Y.F., and Smith G.S. Estimating deaths from industrial injury by capture-recapture: a cautionary tale. Int J Epidemiol 29 (2000) 1053-1059
14. Baldasseroni A., Chellini E., Zoppi O., and Giovannetti L. Infortuni lavorativi mortali: stime basate su piu fonti informative. Medicina del Lavoro 92 (2001) 239-248
15. Henneberger P.K., Kreiss K., Rosenman K.D., Reilly M.J., Chang Y.-F., and Geidenberger C.A. An evaluation of the incidence of work-related asthma in the United States. Int J Occup Environ Health 5 (1999) 1-8
16. Rosenman K.D., Reilly M.J., and Henneberger P.K. Estimating the total number of newly-recognized silicosis cases in the United States. Am J Ind Med 44 (2003) 141-147
17. Maizlish N., Rudolf L., Dervin K., and Sankaranarayan M. Surveillance and prevention of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome: an application of the sentinel events notification system for occupational risks. Am J Ind Med 27 (1995) 715-729
18. Morse T.F., Dillon C., Warren N., Hall C., and Hovey D. Capture-recapture estimation of unreported work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Connecticut. Am J Ind Med 39 (2001) 636-642
19. Morse T., Dillon C., Kenta-Bibi E., Weber J., Diva U., Warren N., and Grey M. Trends in work-related musculoskeletal disorder reports by year, type, and industrial sector: a capture-recapture analysis. Am J Ind Med 48 (2005) 40-49
20. Alho J.M. Logistic regression in capture-recapture models. Biometrics 46 (1990) 623-635
21. van Charante A.W.M., and Mulder P.G. Reporting of industrial accidents in the Netherlands. Am J Epidemiol 148 (1998) 182-190
22. Rosenman K.D., Kalush A., Reilly M.J., Gardiner J.C., Reeves M., and Luo Z. How much work-related injury and illness is missed by the current national surveillance system?. J Occup Environ Med 48 (2006) 357-365
23. Fellegi I.P., and Sunter A.B. A theory for record linkage. J Am Stat Assoc 64 (1969) 1183-1210
24. Copas J., and Hilton F. Record linkage: statistical models for matching computer records. J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc 153 (1990) 287-320
25. Roos L.L., and Wajda A. Record linkage strategies. Part I: Estimating information and evaluating approaches. Meth Inform Med 30 (1991) 117-123
26. Hook E.B., and Regal R.R. Capture-recapture methods in epidemiology: Methods and limitations. Epidemiol Rev 17 (1995) 243-264
27. Tilling K., and Sterne J.A.C. Capture-recapture models including covariate effects. Am J Epidemiol 149 (1999) 392-400
28. Azaroff L.S., Levenstein C., and Wegman D.H. Occupational injury and illness surveillance: Conceptual filters explain underreporting. Am J Public Health 92 (2002) 1421-1429
29. Wittes J.T., Colton T., and Sidel V.W. Capture-recapture methods for assessing the completeness of case ascertainment when using multiple information sources. J Chron Dis 21 (1974) 287-301
30. Milton D.K., Solomon G.M., Rosiello R.A., and Herrick R.F. Risk and incidence of asthma attributable to occupational exposure among HMO members. Am J Ind Med 33 (1998) 1-10
31. Biddle J., Roberts K., Rosenman D., and Welch E. What percentage of workers with work-related illnesses receive workers' compensation benefits. J Occup Environ Med 40 (1998) 325-331
32. Boden L.I., and Ruser J. Choice of medical care provider, workers' compensation "reforms," and workplace injuries. Rev Econ Stat 85 (2003) 923-929
33. Messiou E., and Zaidman B. Comparing Workers' Compensation Claims and OSHA Data Initiative Cases (2005), Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, St. Paul, MN
34. Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. Workplace Injuries and Workers' Compensation Claim Filing: Results From the 2002 Oregon Population Survey. Available at:. http://www.cbs.state.or.us/imd/rasums/resalert/wcresults.html AccessedMarch 4, 2008
35. Fan Z.J., Bonauto D.K., Foley M.P., and Silverstein B.A. Underreporting of work-related injury or illness to workers' compensation: individual and industry factors. J Occup Environ Med 48 (2006) 914-922
36. Shannon H.S., and Lowe G.S. How many injured workers do not file claims for workers' compensation benefits?. Am J Ind Med 42 (2002) 467-473