Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
Positive Factors for Return to Work After Accidents: Health Awareness, Consultation with Doctors, and Personal Characteristics of Workers (Original article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
Positive Factors for Return to Work After Accidents: Health Awareness, Consultation with Doctors, and Personal Characteristics of Workers (Original article)
Positive Factors for Return to Work After Accidents: Health Awareness, Consultation with Doctors, and Personal Characteristics of Workers (Original article)
Subject
Industrial management, Information service, Policy effect, Productivity, Vocational rehabilitation
Description
Background: Industrial accidents can determine the overall level and quality of the work environment in industries and companies that contribute to national economic development. Korea has transformed
the country from an international aid recipient to a donor country, but it has ranked first among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries in the number of fatal industrial accidents. Little has been known about the policy effects in terms of the workers’ insurance for their industrial accidents and rehabilitation. This study raises two research questions about the influence of workers’ personal characteristics and vocational rehabilitation services on their return to workplaces.
Methods: The study implements weighted logistic regression analysis using propensity score matching. This research utilizes the relevant dataset (3,924 persons) of Korea’s industrial accident and insurance.
Results: The findings show that the level of workers’ awareness of health recovery and their counseling for rehabilitation by physicians had positive effects on their return to work. Environmental factors such
as workers’ job stability at the time of industrial accidents and the temporal effects of industrial accidents (e.g., the level of disability, their age) had negative impacts on their return to work.
Conclusions: These findings have policy implications that the concentration of rehabilitation services for patients who have been mildly affected by industrial accidents would be effective in the short and medium term. The findings also highlight the necessity of ongoing policies about workers’ vocational recovery with concrete evidence about policy impacts.
the country from an international aid recipient to a donor country, but it has ranked first among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries in the number of fatal industrial accidents. Little has been known about the policy effects in terms of the workers’ insurance for their industrial accidents and rehabilitation. This study raises two research questions about the influence of workers’ personal characteristics and vocational rehabilitation services on their return to workplaces.
Methods: The study implements weighted logistic regression analysis using propensity score matching. This research utilizes the relevant dataset (3,924 persons) of Korea’s industrial accident and insurance.
Results: The findings show that the level of workers’ awareness of health recovery and their counseling for rehabilitation by physicians had positive effects on their return to work. Environmental factors such
as workers’ job stability at the time of industrial accidents and the temporal effects of industrial accidents (e.g., the level of disability, their age) had negative impacts on their return to work.
Conclusions: These findings have policy implications that the concentration of rehabilitation services for patients who have been mildly affected by industrial accidents would be effective in the short and medium term. The findings also highlight the necessity of ongoing policies about workers’ vocational recovery with concrete evidence about policy impacts.
Creator
Dongsuk Kang
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
March 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
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Citation
Dongsuk Kang, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
Positive Factors for Return to Work After Accidents: Health Awareness, Consultation with Doctors, and Personal Characteristics of Workers (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 4, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2253.
Positive Factors for Return to Work After Accidents: Health Awareness, Consultation with Doctors, and Personal Characteristics of Workers (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 4, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2253.