Disease relevance of Workers' Compensation

• Two workers are receiving workers' compensation because of severe allergic contact dermatitis of the hands to potassium dichromate [1].
• This study used workers' compensation data from Minnesota from 1988 to 1997 to assess allergic reactivity rates, injury severity, and costs associated with latex allergic reactions [2].
• The utility of the Supplementary Data System (SDS) compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in conducting surveillance of occupational skin disease was evaluated by examining 14,703 workers' compensation cases reported to the SDS for the year 1981 [3].
• Natural rubber latex allergy workers' compensation claims: Washington State healthcare workers, 1991-1999 [4].
• 100 workers' compensation claimants with no known history of brain injury and no claim for neuropsychological impairment were administered a generally accepted neuropsychological screening instrument, the Trail Making Test, to consider the possibility that the presence of litigation may be reflected in neuropsychological test scores [5].

High impact information on Workers' Compensation

• The Italian Workers' Compensation Authority recognized the occupational origin of the disease [6].
• Average direct workers' compensation claims costs (medical treatment and indemnity) were $15,790 (median: $6774) for rotator cuff syndrome, $12,794 for carpal tunnel syndrome (median: $4190), and $6593 for epicondylitis (median: $534) [7].
• In 1983 the Washington State Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a unique exemption that excluded farm workers from workers' compensation if they had not earned $150 in continuous work with the same employer [8].
• The union used the hearings of the US Anthracite Coal Strike Commission of 1902-3 to draw public attention to "miners' asthma." In 1915, it began to agitate for the provision of workers' compensation benefits for victims of this disorder [9].
• We compared the predictive values of three measurements of sensory conduction of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel (maximum latency difference [MLD], 8-cm latency [S8], and 14-cm latency [S14]) in 2334 hands of industrial workers, workers' compensation patients, and students [10].

Biological context of Workers' Compensation

• A retrospective record review of patients with occupational carpal tunnel syndrome, nerve conduction velocity studies, and a closed Workers' Compensation case was undertaken to compare the outcome of surgical versus nonsurgical treatment with respect to disability and return to work status [11].

Associations of Workers' Compensation with chemical compounds

• Workers' compensation claims from latex glove use [12].
• Patients with new claims for LBP reported in New Hampshire to a workers' compensation provider were selected (n = 2023) with a minimum of 3-year follow up [13].
• The proportions of all Bureau of Labor Statistics' cases and Liberty Mutual Group workers' compensation claims that resulted from CTDUEs were estimated for the years 1986 to 1993 [14].
• OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to identify work-related asthma (WRA) workers' compensation claims associated with methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) exposure in the spray-on truck bed lining industry and estimate the asthma incidence rate in this industry [15].
• METHODS: Capture-recapture analysis of 7 years of Connecticut MSD (1995-2001), utilizing Workers' Compensation and physician reporting data was performed [16].

Gene context of Workers' Compensation

• Using data from six Fortune 200 employers, time missed from work and costs associated with absenteeism, short-term disability and worker's compensation was examined for a subsample (n = 354) of the employees diagnosed with ADHD [17].
• Workers' compensation recipients with carpal tunnel syndrome: the validity of self-reported health measures [18].
• The methods include aggregation and analysis of job-related disease and occupation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Supplementary Data System (SDS) for 1985 and 1986--the last years of data available with workers' compensation categories: death, permanent total, permanent partial, and temporary total and partial [19].
• Data from the safety office and workers' compensation third-party administrator (TPA) was combined with hospital payroll data to create rates that compared all work areas based on the common denominator of 100 full-time equivalents (FTE) [20].
• Workplace health and safety regulations: Impact of enforcement and consultation on workers' compensation claims rates in Washington State [21].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Workers' Compensation

• While this is a small sample size, the findings suggest that conservative treatment alone is not effective in returning worker's compensation patients with CTS to work [22].
• The primary goal of this retrospective study was to determine the most effective treatment protocol to return worker's compensation patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) to their original jobs [22].

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