Frequency and cost of claims by injury type from a state workers' compensation fund from 1998 through 2008

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Mroz, Tracy M ^a   Carlini, Anthony R ^a   Archer, Kristin R ^b   Wegener, Stephen T ^c   Hoolachan, Jordan I ^a   Stiers, William ^c   Shore, Rebecca A ^a   Castillo, Renan C ^a  

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

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back; Health care costs; Knee; Occupational injuries; Rehabilitation; Shoulder; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOT INJURY; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MOUTH INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SHOULDER INJURY; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WRIST INJURY;

BACK; HEALTH CARE COSTS; KNEE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; REHABILITATION; SHOULDER; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901592450     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.11.025     Document Type: Article

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