Grant: Operating Grant
University of British Columbia
$436,884.00
Gender, Sex and Work Injury, Illness and Disability
FY 2011-12
Summary
Disparities exist in health outcomes and health-care access/utilization for women and men, yet little is known about differences in work injury and illness, workers' compensation, or disability outcomes within the Canada context. Using a population of Canadian workers with a workers' compensation claim, the purpose of this study is to investigate differences in workers' compensation experiences by gender/sex for a) rates of work injury and illness for workers in the same occupation and industry, b) disability outcomes such as duration of claim for the same type of work injury or illness, and c) the amount and type of health care utilization and benefits for the same work injury or illness.
Department
Program
Operating Grant
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
255719
Name
Koehoorn Mieke W
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Gender and Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
Gender, Sex & Health
Projecttitle
Gender, Sex and Work Injury, Illness and Disability
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of British Columbia
Cihramount2
$436,884
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant
Keyworddelim
Administrative Data; Cohort Study; Database Linkage; Gender Health; Occupational Epidemiology; Occupational Injuries; Worker'S Compensation
Abstract
Disparities exist in health outcomes and health-care access/utilization for women and men, yet little is known about differences in work injury and illness, workers' compensation, or disability outcomes within the Canada context. Using a population of Canadian workers with a workers' compensation claim, the purpose of this study is to investigate differences in workers' compensation experiences by gender/sex for a) rates of work injury and illness for workers in the same occupation and industry, b) disability outcomes such as duration of claim for the same type of work injury or illness, and c) the amount and type of health care utilization and benefits for the same work injury or illness.
Competitiondate
201203
Approvedterm2
3 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Koehoorn, Mieke W
Approvedterm
3 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $436,884~ $0~
