Maximizing use of Massachusetts Workers Compensation Data for Surveillance and Prevention

 描述（由申请人提供）：项目摘要/摘要工伤和疾病（WRIIs）仍然是马萨诸塞州的一个重大公共卫生问题。对WRII的监测对于有效分配有限的预防资源和监测实现预防目标的进展至关重要。工人的赔偿（WC）索赔记录是一个重要的信息来源，关于WRII的工人在一系列行业，WRII，和工人群体。然而，它们在为保护工人的行动提供信息方面的效用尚未充分实现。拟议项目的总体目标是通过最大限度地提高该州利用现有WC数据进行监测和促进预防的能力，减少马萨诸塞州工人中WRII的发生率。其目的是在WC数据系统中创建持续的改进，并制定方法来生成可操作的信息，以持续预防WRII。具体目标是：1）制定，实施和记录协议，为关键数据元素分配标准化代码，这对监测至关重要; 2）比较全州就业数据的替代来源与WC索赔数据的使用，以生成全州WRII率，并推荐最合适的分母供持续使用;并探索生成当地WRII率的方法，为社区卫生规划和实践提供信息; 3）准备一份技术评估报告，评估当前WC数据库和分母数据源的完整性、有用性和局限性，并提出WC数据系统改进建议; 4）分析三年WC索赔数据，并准备和分发马萨诸塞州WRII的描述性报告，确定健康和安全优先事项; 5）增加WRII综合预防和补偿研究的机会。这项研究将是马萨诸塞州公共卫生部（牵头机构）、工业事故和劳工标准部的多机构努力，利用每个机构的资源和专业知识。这些部门在共同保护马萨诸塞州工人的健康方面有着成功的历史;这种新的合作将进一步加强该州的职业安全和健康基础设施。将成立一个机构间研究小组。这项工作将由一个由全国公认的WC专家组成的咨询小组和马萨诸塞州职业健康与安全小组（MOHST）的意见指导，MOHST是一个机构间工作组，负责协调改善该州工人健康和安全的活动。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract Work-related injuries and illnesses (WRIIs) continue to be a significant public health problem in Massachusetts. Surveillance of WRII is essential to effectively allocate limited prevention resources and monitor progress in meeting prevention goals. Workers' compensation (WC) claim records are an important source of information about WRII sustained by workers across a range of industries, WRIIs, and worker populations. However, their utility in providing information for action to protect workers has yet to be fully realized. The overarching aim of the proposed project is to reduce the incidence of WRII among Massachusetts workers by maximizing the state's capacity to use available WC data to conduct surveillance and promote prevention. The intent is to create sustained improvements in the WC data system and develop methods to generate actionable information for preventing WRII on an ongoing basis. Specific Aims are to: 1) develop, implement, and document protocols for assigning standardized codes to key data elements, essential for surveillance; 2) compare use of alternative sources of statewide employment data in conjunction with WC claim data to generate statewide WRII rates and recommend the most appropriate denominator for ongoing use; and explore approaches to generating local area WRII rates to inform community health planning and practice; 3) prepare a technical evaluation report assessing completeness, usefulness and limitations of the current WC database and denominator data source, with recommendations for WC data system improvements; 4) analyze three years WC claim data and prepare and disseminate a descriptive report of WRII in Massachusetts that identifies health and safety priorities; and 5) increase opportunities for integrative WRII prevention and compensation research. This study will be a multi-agency effort of the Massachusetts Departments of Public Health (lead agency), Industrial Accidents and Labor Standards that leverages resources and expertise within each agency. These Departments have a successful history of working together to protect the health of Massachusetts workers; the state infrastructure for occupational safety and health will be further strengthened by this new collaboration. An interagency study research team will be established. The work will be guided by an advisory group of nationally recognized WC experts and input from the Massachusetts Occupational Health and Safety Team (MOHST) an interagency working group that coordinates activities to improve worker health and safety in the state.