Brown Judy A, Shannon Harry S, Mustard Cameron A, McDonough Peggy
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Ind Med. 2007 Sep;50(9):633-45. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20503.
Existing research suggests that workplace injuries can have significant economic and social consequences for workers; but there are no quantitative studies on complete populations.
The British Columbia Linked Health Database (BCLHD) was used to examine 1994 injured workers who lost work time due to the injury (LT) and a group of injured individuals who did not lose time after their injuries (NLT). Three outcomes were explored: (1) residential change, (2) marital instability, and (3) social assistance use. Logistic regression adjusted for several individual and injury characteristics.
LTs were more likely to move and collect income assistance benefits, and less likely to experience a relationship break-up than the NLTs. LTs off work for 12 or more weeks were more likely to receive income assistance than LTs off for less time.
The increased risk suggests that the long-term economic consequences of disabling work injury may not be fully mitigated by workers compensation benefits.
现有研究表明，工伤会给工人带来重大的经济和社会后果；但尚无针对全体人群的定量研究。
利用不列颠哥伦比亚省关联健康数据库（BCLHD）对1994名因工伤导致误工的工人以及一组受伤后未误工的个人进行了研究。探讨了三个结果：（1）居住地变更，（2）婚姻不稳定，以及（3）社会救助使用情况。采用逻辑回归对多个个体和损伤特征进行了调整。
与未误工者相比，误工者更有可能搬家并领取收入援助福利，而经历关系破裂的可能性更小。误工12周或更长时间的误工者比误工时间较短的误工者更有可能获得收入援助。
风险增加表明，工伤致残的长期经济后果可能无法通过工伤赔偿福利得到充分缓解。
