Musculoskeletal Disorder Costs and Medical Claim Filing in the US Retail Trade Sector
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Musculoskeletal Disorder in Retail Trade
The average costs of Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) and odds ratios for filing medical claims related to MSD were examined. The medical claims were identified by ICD 9 codes for four US Census regions within retail trade. Large private firms’ medical claims data from Thomson Reuters Inc. MarketScan databases for the years 2003 through 2006 were used. Average costs were highest for claims relate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Industrial Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0019-8366,1880-8026
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.ms1203