Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Aug 2012
The effect of opioid use on workers' compensation claim cost in the State of Michigan.
To investigate the association between opioid utilization and catastrophic claim (≥$100,000) cost. ⋯ The use of opioid medications, particularly long-acting opioid medications, is an independent risk factor for the development of catastrophic claims.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Aug 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialImputing at-work productivity loss using results of a randomized controlled trial comparing tapentadol extended release and oxycodone controlled release for osteoarthritis pain.
: To determine the impact of tapentadol extended release (ER) versus placebo or oxycodone controlled release (CR) on the work productivity of adults with chronic moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis pain. ⋯ : Effective osteoarthritis pain treatment also may help employees to function better at work and reduce their employers' productivity costs.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Jul 2012
Personality traits of the five-factor model are associated with effort-reward imbalance at work: a population-based study.
This study examined the association between personality traits and work stress. ⋯ This study suggests that personality traits may predispose to and protect from work stress.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Jul 2012
Screening health care workers with interferon-γ release assay versus tuberculin skin test: impact on costs and adherence to testing (the SWITCH study).
To determine the price point at which an interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) is less costly than a tuberculin skin test (TST) for health care employee tuberculosis screening. ⋯ Using an IGRA for employee health screening can be an institutional cost saving and results in higher compliance rates.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Jun 2012
ReviewExposures of concern to veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
There is a long history of Veterans returning from war with concerns regarding environmental hazards that they may have experienced while in theater. The author describes some of the tools in place within the Department of Defense to capture the frequency and nature of exposure concerns of returning troops. ⋯ The author then presents some of the recent published literature on these concerns. To address these exposure concerns of Veterans, there is then a brief discussion of a new program being put in place at the Department of Veterans Affairs.