title: The relationship between worker, occupational and workplace characteristics and whether an injury requires time off work: a matched case-control analysis in Ontario, Canada.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The objective of this study was to examine individual, occupational, and workplace level factors associated with time loss following a similar injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven thousand three hundred and forty-eight workers' compensation claims that did not require time off work were matched with up to four claims that required time off work on the event, nature, and part of body injured as well as injury year. Conditional logistic regression models examined individual, occupational, and workplace level factors that were associated with the likelihood of not requiring time off work.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Employees from firms with higher premium rates were more likely to report no time loss from work and workers in more physically demanding occupations were less likely to report no time loss from work. We observed no association between age or gender and the probability of a time loss claim submission.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that insurance costs are an incentive for workplaces to adopt policies and practices that minimize time loss following a work injury.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mustard
authors.forename: Sheilah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hogg-Johnson
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tompa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007341:Insurance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: disability; occupational injury; work injury; workers’ compensation; workplace policies and practices