NQMC Update Service: November 30, 2015 || Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

NQMC Update Service: November 30, 2015

Measure Summaries

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

• Occupational health: annual crude rate of work-related inpatient hospitalizations for severe traumatic injury per 100,000 employed persons age 16 years or older.

• Occupational health: annual incidence rate of amputation cases with lost work-time filed with state workers' compensation per 100,000 workers covered by state workers' compensation system. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: annual incidence rate of carpal tunnel syndrome cases with lost work-time filed with state workers' compensation per 100,000 workers covered by state workers' compensation system. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: annual rate of hospitalization for work-related low back disorder per 100,000 employed persons age 16 years or older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: annual rate of hospitalization for work-related surgical low back disorder per 100,000 employed persons age 16 years or older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: annual rate of work-related burn inpatient hospitalizations per 100,000 employed persons age 16 years or older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: annual work-related injuries crude fatality rate per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers (FTEs) age 16 years or older. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: average amount of workers' compensation benefits paid per covered worker. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: estimated annual incidence rate of all musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) involving days away from work per 100,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: estimated annual incidence rate of carpal tunnel syndrome cases involving days away from work per 100,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: estimated annual incidence rate of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of neck, shoulder, and upper extremities involving days away from work per 100,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: estimated annual incidence rate of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the back involving days away from work per 100,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Occupational health: estimated annual incidence rate of work-related amputations involving days away from work per 100,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs). This updates a previously published measure summary.