Predicting work-related disability and medical cost outcomes: Estimating injury severity scores from workers' compensation data

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-31

  Sears, Jeanne M ^a   Blanar, Laura ^a   Bowman, Stephen M ^b   Adams, Darrin ^c   Silverstein, Barbara A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ICDPIC; Injury severity; Occupational injuries; Trauma severity indices; Work disability; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; BRAIN INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873413897     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-012-9377-x     Document Type: Article

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