Urban-rural differences in work disability following occupational injury: Are they related to differences in healthcare utilization?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-212

  Young, Amanda E ^a   Cifuentes, Manuel ^a   Wasiak, Radoslaw ^b,c   Webster, Barbara S ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL LEAVE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 67449098276     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181917d8e     Document Type: Article

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