Findings from University of Kansas Update Understanding of Health Insurance (Impact of Occupational Injuries on Nonworkers’ Compensation Medical…

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Findings from University of Kansas Update Understanding of Health Insurance (Impact of Occupational Injuries on Nonworkers' Compensation Medical Costs of Patient-Care Workers)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Current study results on Health Insurance have been published. According to news reporting out of Kansas City, Kansas, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "The aim of this study was to estimate the extent to which work-related injuries contribute to medical expenditures paid for by group health insurance. Administrative data on OSHA recordable injuries spanning 2010 to 2013 were obtained for female patient care workers (n=2495)."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Kansas, "Expenditures were aggregated group health insurance claims for 3 and 6-month periods before/after injury. Group health insurance plan type, age group, and job category were control variables. Being injured is associated with the odds of having expenditures at both 3 months, odds ratio (OR) 2.17 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.61 to 2.92], and 6 months, 2.95 (95% CI 1.96 to 4.45). Injury was associated with $275 of additional expenditures (95% CI $38 to $549) over 3 months and $587 of additional expenditures (95% CI $167 to $1140) over 6 months."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Injury was associated with increased odds of positive expenditures and increased expenditures paid for by group health insurance."

For more information on this research see: Impact of Occupational Injuries on Nonworkers' Compensation Medical Costs of Patient-Care Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2017;59(6):E119-E124. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - journals.lww.com/joem/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.A.R. Williams, University of Kansas, Sch Med, Kansas City, KS, United States. Additional authors for this research include G. Sorensen, D. Hashimoto, K. Hopcia, G.R. Wagner and L.I. Boden (see also Health Insurance).

Keywords for this news article include: Kansas City, Kansas, United States, North and Central America, Health Insurance, University of Kansas.