Objectives: To examine satisfaction and perceptions of quality among injured workers after the 2004 reforms in California's Workers' Compensation system. Also, to investigate the impact of provider occupational medicine orientation and interpersonal behavior, access, and timeliness of care on injured worker satisfaction and quality, and to identify aspects of provider behavior and access with the potential for improving future satisfaction and quality.
Methods: Ordered logistic regression using survey data from a representative sample of workers injured between April 1 and June 30, 2005.
Results: Occupational medicine orientation, interpersonal behaviors, choice of provider, timeliness of care, and ease of access to specialists were associated with higher levels of satisfaction.
Conclusions: Injured workers report high levels of satisfaction and quality. Satisfaction and quality can be further improved by focusing on specific aspects of provider behavior and access.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181566b5e | DOI Listing |
The therapeutic alliance is central to occupational rehabilitation, particularly for immigrant workers who face unique challenges of migration and of social and occupational integration. This study explores the development and maintenance of this alliance between immigrant workers with compensated work injuries and their care providers during work rehabilitation. Using ethnography, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups, the qualitative case study involved 7 injured immigrant workers and their interdisciplinary clinical team.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Occup Environ Med
December 2024
Department of Atomic Energy, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Government of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Introduction: Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries are one of the most important public health problems all over the world. Its number greatly varies from country to country over the years. Worldwide approximately 4% of global gross domestic product (GDP) is lost due to occupational injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn examination by a community legal worker in Ontario, Canada, of the premises of the experience rating system introduced into the Ontario Workers Compensation system and its negative effects on injured workers and their families, on the workers compensation system itself, and on occupational health and safety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSensors (Basel)
January 2025
Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, 145 Gwanggyo-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si 16229, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
According to South Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor, approximately 25,000 construction workers suffered from various injuries between 2015 and 2019. Additionally, about 500 fatalities occur annually, and multiple studies are being conducted to prevent these accidents and quickly identify their occurrence to secure the golden time for the injured. Recently, AI-based video analysis systems for detecting safety accidents have been introduced.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew Solut
January 2025
IAVGO Community Legal Clinic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This article explores the challenges facing injured migrant farm workers in the workers compensation system in Canada's province of Ontario, with a focus on their fight for return to work justice. Told from the perspective of one of the lawyers who represented the workers, it highlights a recent victory achieved by 4 workers in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in defending their rights to workers' compensation support. The workers' compensation tribunal decided that the workers' compensation board must evaluate these workers ability to return to work, access retraining, and receive compensation based on their labor markets in Jamaica-instead of based on fictional job prospects in Ontario.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!