Workers' Compensation

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Clawbacks". 
  • A conceptual model of work and health disparities in the United States. 
  • An anatomy of occupational medicine. 
  • Analysis of text from injury reports improves understanding of construction falls. 
  • Back injuries among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2003. 
  • Compensation costs of work-related back disorders among union carpenters, Washington State 1989-2003. 
  • Contrasting patterns of care for musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper extremity and knee through workers' compensation and private health care insurance among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989 to 2008. 
  • Costs by industry and diagnosis among musculoskeletal claims in a state workers compensation system: 1999-2004. 
  • Declining rates of work-related overexertion back injuries among union drywall installers in Washington State, 1989-2008: Improved work safety or shifting of care? 
  • Development and Validation of Cervical Prediction Models for Patient-Reported Outcomes at 1 Year After Cervical Spine Surgery for Radiculopathy and Myelopathy. 
  • Direct costs and patterns of injuries among residential carpenters, 1995-2000. 
  • Disabling back injuries in nursing personnel. 
  • Effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on carpenters' work-related injury rates, Washington State 2000-2008. 
  • Effects of time-limited vs unlimited compensation on pain behavior and treatment outcome in low back pain patients. 
  • Emergence of occupational medicine in Victorian times. 
  • Evaluation of Industrial Compensation to Cardiologists in 2015. 
  • Evaluation of direct workers' compensation costs for musculoskeletal injuries surrounding interventions to reduce patient lifting. 
  • Factors contributing to construction injury at Denver International Airport. 
  • Falls among union carpenters. 
  • Falls in residential carpentry and drywall installation: findings from active injury surveillance with union carpenters. 
  • Health care utilization for musculoskeletal back disorders, Washington State union carpenters, 1989-2003. 
  • Health care utilization of carpenters with substance abuse-related diagnoses. 
  • How to align evidence-based benefit design with the employer bottom-line: a case study. 
  • How well are we controlling falls from height in construction? Experiences of union carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2008. 
  • Incident and recurrent back injuries among union carpenters. 
  • Indirect costs of obesity: a review of the current literature. 
  • Injuries from slips and trips in construction. 
  • Lumbar disc surgery in a fixed compensation population: a model for influence of secondary gain on surgical outcome. 
  • Medical care surrounding work-related back injury claims among Washington State Union Carpenters, 1989-2003. 
  • Musculoskeletal injuries among hospital patient care staff before and after implementation of patient lift and transfer equipment. 
  • Musculoskeletal injuries resulting from patient handling tasks among hospital workers. 
  • Nail gun injuries among construction workers. 
  • Obesity and workers' compensation: results from the Duke Health and Safety Surveillance System. 
  • Physical assault among nursing staff employed in acute care. 
  • Predictors of delayed return to work after back injury: A case-control analysis of union carpenters in Washington State. 
  • Quantifiable impact of the contract for health and wellness: health behaviors, health care costs, disability, and workers' compensation. 
  • Rates of and circumstances surrounding work-related falls from height among union drywall carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2008. 
  • Refining the focus of construction injury surveillance. 
  • Risk stratification of patients with shoulder pain seen in physical therapy practice. 
  • Safety, incentives, and the reporting of work-related injuries among union carpenters: "you're pretty much screwed if you get hurt at work". 
  • Secondary gain influences the outcome of lumbar but not cervical disc surgery. 
  • Systematic reviews of workplace injury interventions: what are we missing? 
  • Three perspectives on work-related injury surveillance systems. 
  • Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference? 
  • Twenty years of work-related injury and illness among union carpenters in Washington State. 
  • Twenty years of workers' compensation costs due to falls from height among union carpenters, Washington state. 
  • Who is paying the bills? Health care costs for musculoskeletal back disorders, Washington State Union Carpenters, 1989-2003. 
  • Work-related eye injuries among union carpenters. 
  • Work-related illness and injury claims among nationally certified athletic trainers reported to Washington and California from 2001 to 2011. 
  • Work-related injuries among union drywall carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2008. 
  • Work-related injuries in drywall installation. 
  • Work-related injuries involving a hand or fingers among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989 to 2008. 
  • Workers' compensation claims for musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper extremity and knee among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2008. 
  • Workers' compensation experience of North Carolina residential construction workers, 1986-1994. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Dement, John McCray, Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine