Lag Times in Reporting Injuries, Receiving Medical Care, and Missing Work: Associations With the Length of Work Disability in Occupational Back Injuries

The aim of this study is to examine the associations between lag times following occupational low back injury and the length of work disability. METHODS: In a retrospective cohort study using workers’ compensation claims, random effects Tobit models were used to explore how disability length relates...

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Autores principales: Besen, Elyssa, Harrell, Mason, Pransky, Glenn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4697957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000591
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description The aim of this study is to examine the associations between lag times following occupational low back injury and the length of work disability. METHODS: In a retrospective cohort study using workers’ compensation claims, random effects Tobit models were used to explore how disability length relates to three lag times: the number of days from the date of injury to reporting the injury, the number of days from the date of injury to medical care, and the number of days from the date of injury to initiating work disability. RESULTS: In general, shorter lag times for each of the different lags were related to shorter lengths of disability. CONCLUSIONS: Decreasing the length of the lag times in reporting injuries, receiving medical care, and missing work may help to decrease the length of work disability for workers after low back injury.
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spelling pubmed-46979572016-05-24 Lag Times in Reporting Injuries, Receiving Medical Care, and Missing Work: Associations With the Length of Work Disability in Occupational Back Injuries Besen, Elyssa Harrell, Mason Pransky, Glenn J Occup Environ Med Original Articles The aim of this study is to examine the associations between lag times following occupational low back injury and the length of work disability. METHODS: In a retrospective cohort study using workers’ compensation claims, random effects Tobit models were used to explore how disability length relates to three lag times: the number of days from the date of injury to reporting the injury, the number of days from the date of injury to medical care, and the number of days from the date of injury to initiating work disability. RESULTS: In general, shorter lag times for each of the different lags were related to shorter lengths of disability. CONCLUSIONS: Decreasing the length of the lag times in reporting injuries, receiving medical care, and missing work may help to decrease the length of work disability for workers after low back injury. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2016-01 2015-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4697957/ /pubmed/26445030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000591 Text en Copyright © 2015 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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title Lag Times in Reporting Injuries, Receiving Medical Care, and Missing Work: Associations With the Length of Work Disability in Occupational Back Injuries
title_full Lag Times in Reporting Injuries, Receiving Medical Care, and Missing Work: Associations With the Length of Work Disability in Occupational Back Injuries
title_fullStr Lag Times in Reporting Injuries, Receiving Medical Care, and Missing Work: Associations With the Length of Work Disability in Occupational Back Injuries
title_full_unstemmed Lag Times in Reporting Injuries, Receiving Medical Care, and Missing Work: Associations With the Length of Work Disability in Occupational Back Injuries
title_short Lag Times in Reporting Injuries, Receiving Medical Care, and Missing Work: Associations With the Length of Work Disability in Occupational Back Injuries
title_sort lag times in reporting injuries, receiving medical care, and missing work: associations with the length of work disability in occupational back injuries
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4697957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000591
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