National trends in occupational injuries before and after 1992 and predictors of workers' compensation costs

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 625-634

  Bhushan, Abhinav ^a   Paul Leigh, J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INSURANCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LINEAR MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80155198143     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600504     Document Type: Article

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