title: The Perceived Socioeconomic Status Is an Important Factor of Health Recovery for Victims of Occupational Accidents in Korea.
abstract: We aimed to examine whether there is a correlation between the health recovery of industrial accident victims and their perceived socioeconomic status. Data were obtained from the first Panel Study of Worker's Compensation Insurance, which included 2,000 participants. We performed multivariate regression analysis and determined the odds ratios for participants with a subjectively lower socioeconomic status and for those with a subjectively lower middle socioeconomic status using 95% confidence intervals. An additional multivariate regression analysis yielded the odds ratios for participants with a subjectively lower socioeconomic status and those with a subjectively upper middle socioeconomic class using 95% confidence intervals. Of all participants, 299 reported a full recovery, whereas 1,701 did not. We examined the odds ratio (95% confidence intervals) for participants' health recovery according to their subjective socioeconomic status while controlling for sex, age, education, tobacco use, alcohol use, subjective state of health prior to the accident, chronic disease, employment duration, recovery period, accident type, disability status, disability rating, and economic participation. The odds of recovery in participants with a subjectively lower middle socioeconomic status were 1.707 times greater (1.264-2.305) than that of those with a subjectively lower socioeconomic status. Similarly, the odds of recovery in participants with a subjectively upper middle socioeconomic status were 3.124 times greater (1.795-5.438) than that of those with a subjectively lower socioeconomic status. Our findings indicate that participants' perceived socioeconomic disparities extend to disparities in their health status. The reinforcement of welfare measures is greatly needed to temper these disparities.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.; Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hongdeok
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4202-2617
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.; Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.; Incheon Workers' Health Center, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Ha
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4198-2955
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.; Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Wanhyung
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6408-7668
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.; Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: June-Hee
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7682-6023
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahmyook Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Pil Kyun
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6559-2172
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.; Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.; Incheon Workers' Health Center, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jaehoon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.; Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.; Incheon Workers' Health Center, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Uk
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9200-3297
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Won
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012044:Regression Analysis; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014942:Workers' Compensation
keywords: Accidents, Occupational; Korea; Recovery; Social Class
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