Source avec lien : Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65(5). 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002818
Cette étude visait à caractériser la distribution et le statut d’attribution des demandes d’indemnisation des travailleurs liées au COVID-19 dans l’État de New York (NYS) pour 2020 et 2021.
Objective This study aimed to characterize the distribution and award status of COVID-19–related workers’ compensation (WC) claims in New York State (NYS) for 2020 and 2021. Methods Characteristics and filing rates of COVID-19 claims were described by industry, time of illness, and award status. Nursing care facilities’ claims were compared with the recorded nursing home staff COVID-19 infections and deaths reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the same period. Results Of 29,814 COVID-19 claims, 21.9% were awarded benefits, although 86.8% of the claimants worked in essential industries. Of the 46,505 CMS-recorded COVID-19 infections, 1.4% resulted in a claim and 7.2% of the 111 CMS-recorded deaths received death benefits. Conclusions The NYS WC program has provided very modest support to essential workers for the likely work-related burden of the pandemic in NYS.