School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Oct;54(10):1246-52. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825a34d1.
The overall goal of this research project was to assess ethnic disparities in monetary compensation among construction workers injured on the job through the linkage of medical records and workers' compensation data.
Probabilistic linkage of medical records with workers' compensation claim data.
In the final multivariable robust regression model, compensation was $5824 higher (P = 0.030; 95% confidence interval: 551 to 11,097) for white non-Hispanic workers than for other ethnic groups when controlling for injury severity, affected body region, type of injury, average weekly wage, weeks of temporary total disability, percent permanent partial disability, death, or attorney use.
The analysis indicates that white non-Hispanic construction workers are awarded higher monetary settlements despite the observation that for specific injuries the mean temporary total disability and permanent partial disability were equivalent to or lower than those in Hispanic and black construction workers.
本研究项目的总体目标是通过将医疗记录与工人赔偿数据进行概率性链接，评估职业伤害建筑工人的种族差异在货币赔偿方面的情况。
医疗记录与工人赔偿索赔数据的概率性链接。
在最终的多变量稳健回归模型中，在控制伤害严重程度、受影响身体部位、伤害类型、平均周薪、临时全残周数、永久部分残疾百分比、死亡或使用律师等因素后，白人非西班牙裔工人的赔偿比其他族裔群体高出 5824 美元（P=0.030；95%置信区间：551 至 11097）。
分析表明，尽管观察到特定伤害的临时全残和永久部分残疾与西班牙裔和黑人建筑工人相当或更低，但白人非西班牙裔建筑工人获得的货币赔偿更高。
