Employee health and frequency of workers' compensation and disability claims.

Objective: To assess the relationship between self-assessed employee health risk status and future workers' compensation (WC) and short-term disability (STD) claims.

Methods: A historical cohort study linking Health Risk Assessment (HRA) survey data with subsequent WC and STD claims. HRA participants who developed a WC or STD claim in the subsequent 12 months were identified as cases and compared with HRA participants who did not develop a claim in the subsequent 12 months.