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Time Well Spent: Patient Industry and Occupation Data Collection in Emergency Departments
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, v 59(8), pp 742-745
01 Aug 2017
PMCID: PMC5540352
PMID: 28692016
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Abstract
Objective: No comprehensive national system tracking work-related diseases and injuries exists in the United States. Industry and occupation (I/O) are the missing data elements that would make existing healthcare data useful for occupational health. The authors previously petitioned the National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) to adopt I/O standards for states to consider during their healthcare data rulemaking processes. Methods: The NUBC asked for a pilot study to ascertain the potential burden. The time and cost to ask I/O questions in two hospital emergency departments was evaluated. Results: Asking four I/O questions required 48 seconds on average and cost between $520 and $623 per Registrar per year. The annual cost for the two hospitals to gather I/O on every patient was $4160 and $15,000. Conclusions: We conclude no undue burden compared with the estimated $250 billion cost of occupational illnesses and injuries.
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- Title
- Time Well Spent: Patient Industry and Occupation Data Collection in Emergency Departments
- Creators
- Jennifer A. Taylor - Drexel Univ, Dornsife Sch Publ Hlth, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAShannon A. Widman - Drexel Univ, Dornsife Sch Publ Hlth, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USASamantha J. James - Philadelphia Dept Publ Hlth, Philadelphia, PA USAJudith Green-McKenzie - Univ Penn, Dept Emergency Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USACydney McGuire - Drexel Univ, Dornsife Sch Publ Hlth, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAErica J. Harris - Drexel Univ, Coll Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, v 59(8), pp 742-745
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- EMW-2009-FP-00427; EMW-2012-FP-00205 / Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (Research Development)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000407380300010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85022084538
- Other Identifier
- 991019169575504721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health