Predicting work-related disability and medical cost outcomes: A comparison of injury severity scoring methods

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-22

  Sears, Jeanne M ^a   Blanar, Laura ^a   Bowman, Stephen M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; ICDMAP 90; ICDPIC; Injury Severity Score; Medical costs; New Injury Severity Score; Occupational injuries; Trauma severity indices; Work disability; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; NEW INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WASHINGTON STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84889084671     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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