Prediction Model for Return to Work of Injured Workers in Hong Kong
Author : Yanwen Xu
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Page : 252 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Work
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Author : Yanwen Xu
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Work
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Author : Hong-kei Henky Chan
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,80 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Work
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Page : pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 2007
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M. Phil., Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2007.
Author : Adrian Bentley Hankins
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Page : 458 pages
File Size : 38,71 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Disabilities
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In Minnesota's workers' compensation system, injured employees at risk for sustaining permanent disability may be eligible for receipt of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services if they are determined to be capable of benefitting from such services. VR services can be a valuable resource to injured employees who need assistance minimizing their work disability and maximizing their residual wage-earning capacity. However, for VR services to be effective at a system level, it is necessary to precisely and accurately identify an injured employee's rehabilitation potential. Failure to do so is likely to result in the misallocation of a scarce and costly resource. Given recent trends in Minnesota's workers compensation system (e.g., higher VR service costs and lower RTW rates among injured employees with indemnity claims), this study was conducted with the purpose of developing and validating an objective, evidence-based method of predicting the RTW status as of claim closure of injured Minnesota employees who sustained permanent impairment and received VR services. To accomplish this purpose, a closed-claim, retrospective design was implemented. Data for this cross-sectional study was obtained from the Minnesota administrative claims database. There were 15,372 claims that met all eligibility criteria. With guidance from the biopsychosocial disablement models developed by Nagi and the World Health Organization, 15 discrete predictor variables that represented medical, individual, and workplace factors were selected for study inclusion. Descriptive and predictive analyses were used to assess the relationship between this study's RTW outcome and its set of RTW predictors. Using logistic regression, an optimal RTW model was first developed and then internally validated with a split-dataset approach. The optimal RTW model included four main effects (attorney involvement; severity of permanent impairment; age; job tenure) and three first-order interaction effects (pre-injury average weekly wage X pre-injury industry; attorney involvement X severity of permanent impairment; attorney involvement X job tenure). Though not retained in the optimal RTW model, part of body affected and education also had notable bivariate relationships with the outcome. The optimal RTW model's performance regarding goodness-of-fit and clinical usefulness suggests it may be of value to those assessing rehabilitation potential within Minnesota's workers compensation system.
Author : Richard Hilton
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Industrial accidents
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The economic and public health benefits of improving return to work outcomes after workplace injury remain major goals for employers, injured workers and compensation administrators. A step to improving return to work outcomes is identifying which workers have the greatest risk of not being successful. While there has been considerable study in this area there has not been a bringing together of current knowledge, nor is there consensus regarding predictors of return to work.
Author : Hon-sun Lai
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Page : 520 pages
File Size : 20,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Vocational rehabilitation
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Author : Kar-wai TONG
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9629372282
Different global healthcare challenges bring threats to the healthcare system. Like other developed countries, Hong Kong is also focusing on how to manage the ageing population, how to meet the rising public expectations, and how to finance the ever increasing medical costs. Strengthening community care services may provide a way out for settling these concerns. Written by a team of renowned scholars and leading practitioners, this book aims at evaluating how different parties can assist in building up local community capacity to achieve sustainable health and wellness. The book is divided into three sections. The first section discusses the different roles and practices of specialised community care that contribute to the relative success of the healthcare system in Hong Kong. The second section makes use of various research practices to extrapolate future healthcare needs and practices in Hong Kong. And the last one addresses the values of health care which underlie the healthcare culture, structure and practice in Hong Kong over time. Apart from pointing out the limitation of the current system, this book will also discusses the future directions of the healthcare system in order to cope with the challenges in a changing society. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press 香港城市大學出版社出版
Author : Sharon E. Fox
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Melainie Cameron
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,54 MB
Release : 2011-02-20
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0729579417
Provides a case-based approach to clinical exercise practice for students and therapists delivering exercise as therapy and is the first text of its kind focusing on clinical exercise service delivery. Cameron, Australian Catholic University; Selig & Hemphill, Victoria University, Australia.
Author : Enrico Capobianco
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 2023-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832532632