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Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea

This study aimed to identify the major industries and jobs with the highest proportion of workers’ compensation (WC) claims for COVID-19, characterize COVID-19 WC claims in terms of their demographic properties and disease severity, and identify factors influencing the approval of COVID-19 WC claims...

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Autores principales: NAM, Min-Woo, CHUNG, Jinjoo, PARK, Soyoung, LEE, Woncheol, PARK, Jihoon, KOH, Dong-Hee, CHOI, Sangjun, PARK, Ju-Hyun, PARK, Dong-Uk
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9902263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35173135
http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2021-0271
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author NAM, Min-Woo
CHUNG, Jinjoo
PARK, Soyoung
LEE, Woncheol
PARK, Jihoon
KOH, Dong-Hee
CHOI, Sangjun
PARK, Ju-Hyun
PARK, Dong-Uk
author_facet NAM, Min-Woo
CHUNG, Jinjoo
PARK, Soyoung
LEE, Woncheol
PARK, Jihoon
KOH, Dong-Hee
CHOI, Sangjun
PARK, Ju-Hyun
PARK, Dong-Uk
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description This study aimed to identify the major industries and jobs with the highest proportion of workers’ compensation (WC) claims for COVID-19, characterize COVID-19 WC claims in terms of their demographic properties and disease severity, and identify factors influencing the approval of COVID-19 WC claims as occupational disease. A total of 488 workers who submitted COVID-19-related claims to the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (KWCWS) from January 2020 to July 2021 were analyzed. A Fisher’s exact test was employed to associate the severity of COVID-19 infection with demographic properties. The highest proportion of all COVID-19 WC claims compensated as occupational disease (N=462) were submitted by healthcare workers (HCW=233, 50%), while only 9% (N=41) of the total originated from manufacturing industries. The 5% (N=26) of the COVID-19 WC claims accepted were evaluated as severe (N=15) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (N=9). A total of 71% (N=329) of the COVID-19 patients compensated (N=462) were from workplaces with infection clusters. A total of 26 WC cases were rejected for various reasons, including unclear infection routes, infection at private gatherings (including within families), no diagnosis, and more. Given our findings, we suggest an official system should be established to detect and compensate more job-associated infectious diseases like COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-99022632023-02-07 Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea NAM, Min-Woo CHUNG, Jinjoo PARK, Soyoung LEE, Woncheol PARK, Jihoon KOH, Dong-Hee CHOI, Sangjun PARK, Ju-Hyun PARK, Dong-Uk Ind Health Field Report This study aimed to identify the major industries and jobs with the highest proportion of workers’ compensation (WC) claims for COVID-19, characterize COVID-19 WC claims in terms of their demographic properties and disease severity, and identify factors influencing the approval of COVID-19 WC claims as occupational disease. A total of 488 workers who submitted COVID-19-related claims to the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (KWCWS) from January 2020 to July 2021 were analyzed. A Fisher’s exact test was employed to associate the severity of COVID-19 infection with demographic properties. The highest proportion of all COVID-19 WC claims compensated as occupational disease (N=462) were submitted by healthcare workers (HCW=233, 50%), while only 9% (N=41) of the total originated from manufacturing industries. The 5% (N=26) of the COVID-19 WC claims accepted were evaluated as severe (N=15) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (N=9). A total of 71% (N=329) of the COVID-19 patients compensated (N=462) were from workplaces with infection clusters. A total of 26 WC cases were rejected for various reasons, including unclear infection routes, infection at private gatherings (including within families), no diagnosis, and more. Given our findings, we suggest an official system should be established to detect and compensate more job-associated infectious diseases like COVID-19. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 2022-02-15 2023-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9902263/ /pubmed/35173135 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2021-0271 Text en ©2022 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health https://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 (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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NAM, Min-Woo
CHUNG, Jinjoo
PARK, Soyoung
LEE, Woncheol
PARK, Jihoon
KOH, Dong-Hee
CHOI, Sangjun
PARK, Ju-Hyun
PARK, Dong-Uk
Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea
title Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea
title_full Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea
title_fullStr Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea
title_short Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea
title_sort characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for covid-19 infections in south korea
topic Field Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9902263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35173135
http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2021-0271
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