Journal article
The hospital costs of treating work-related sawmill injuries in British Columbia
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study estimates the hospital costs of treating work-related injury among a cohort of sawmill workers in British Columbia.
METHODS: Hospital discharge records were extracted from 1989 to 1998 for a cohort of 5,876 actively employed sawmill workers. Injury cases were identified as work-related from these records using ICD-9 external cause of injury codes that indicate place of occurrence and the responsibility of payment schedule …
Authors
Alamgir H; Tompa E; Koehoorn M; Ostry A; Demers PA
Journal
Injury, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 631–639
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.injury.2006.10.004
ISSN
0020-1383