@article{ref1,
title="Reducing Lost Workdays After Work-related Injuries: The Utilization of Athletic Trainers in a Health System Transitional Work Program",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2011",
author="Larson, Matthew C. and Renier, Colleen M. and Konowalchuk, Brian K.",
volume="53",
number="10",
pages="1199-1204",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: To determine if an internal employee health program (IEHP), including transitional work, with early access to physical medicine and rehabilitation provided by athletic trainers, will reduce missed workdays following work-related injury. METHODS:: A retrospective review of health system workers' compensation data were conducted for injuries sustained 23-month period preceding (PP) (N = 713) and following IEHP implementation (N = 661). RESULTS:: Sixty-two PP and 128 IEHP events resulted in lost workdays (LWDs), P < 0.001. For LWDs events, mean days lost decreased from 100.3 ± 119.7 PP to 44.6 ± 69.0 IEHP, P = 0.001, with 2.2 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1-4.2) IEHP 3-week odds of returning to work. CONCLUSIONS:: Internal employee health program reduced LWDs. Internal employee health program was associated with more than 10% increase in LWDs events, but LWDs event mean days lost decreased by more than 50%, with 3-week odds of returning to work more than 2.0.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822cfab3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822cfab3"
}