title: Costs of occupational injury and illness in Pennsylvania.
abstract: A variety of state and federal data sources are used to estimate two critical components of the annual economic costs of occupational injuries and illnesses in Pennsylvania: foregone earnings of affected workers and medical costs. Foregone earnings costs resulting from occupational injuries and illnesses are estimated at between $1.22 billion and $2.02 billion in 1988. A number of potential adjustments to these estimates widen the range considerably. Estimates of medical costs range from $740 million to $797 million. Combining these two estimates gives total estimated costs of $1.96 billion to $2.82 billion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6297.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neumark
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bresnitz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frumkin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Needleman
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics*; D000328:Adult; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004180:Direct Service Costs / Q000639:trends; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000191:economics; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000191:economics*