Back pain claim rates and the business cycle
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2021, Social Science and MedicineCitation Excerpt :Prior research has examined proxies for pain. One early study by Brooker et al. (1997) explored the impact of the economy on the incidence of lost-time back pain claim rates in the Canadian province of Ontario between 1975 and 1993. Using time-series methods, the authors gathered data on age- and sex-adjusted claims for back pain, stratified by industry sector (construction, manufacturing, and trade), and regressed those on the unemployment rate of the industry sector.
Occupational accidents and the economic cycle in Spain 1994–2014
2018, Safety ScienceCitation Excerpt :This argument is based in a well-known relation between the labour market and the economic cycle: the labour market lags behind the economic cycle (Terrés et al., 2004). Since Kossoris’s (1938) pioneering work, a large number of researchers has confirmed the association between economic cycle and occupational accidents (e.g., Ruser, 1985; Viscusi, 1986; Shea, 1990; Lanoie, 1992; Fabiano et al., 1995; Brooker et al., 1997; Davies et al., 2009; Asfaw et al., 2011). Nevertheless, evidence against this does exist and the causes of the phenomenon are unclear.
System influences on work disability due to low back pain: An international evidence synthesis
2017, Health PolicyCitation Excerpt :Again, this presents a challenge because non-modifiable factors, such as unemployment rates and the business cycle would need to be taken into account. Indeed, findings from an ecological study indicate that claim rate decrease in recessionary periods when unemployment increases [100]. Thus, our findings point to the need for a ‘flexible’ compensation/benefits system with regulations that allow for adaptations related to the individual, the workplace and the business cycle.
The effects of import competition on worker health
2016, Journal of International EconomicsExamination of the relationship between theory-driven policies and allowed lost-time back claims in workers' compensation: A system dynamics model
2014, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological TherapeuticsCitation Excerpt :Using logistic and quantile regression to investigate predictors of disability in population-based administrative data on new workers' compensation claims, Stover et al56 found that higher unemployment rate was a predictor of long-term disability. Conversely, in a study of Ontario lost-time back claims between 1975 and 1993 that were regressed on unemployment rates using time series methods, Brooker et al57 found that back claims' rates increased during work boom periods and decreased during recessionary periods. Unlike these findings, our model simulations suggest that the number of lost-time back claims increased with higher unemployment rates.
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