Nurse Practitioner Provided Primary Care: Managing Health Care Costs in the Workplace

Zentner, Judith Proctor; Dellinger, Clyde; Adkins, William E.; Greene, John C.

doi:10.1177/216507999504300111

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“…In the last two decades, injuries, disability and deaths among motorcycle users have been rising worldwide disproportionally affecting young males (Franco Arias, 2010a;Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, 2006;Zentner, Dellinger, Adkins, & Greene, 1995). Motorcycle riders are especially vulnerable to injuries because of the high speeds they can acquire, coupled with small vehicular structures that offer poor protection and are more difficult to be seen in traffic.…”

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Trends in fatal motorcycle injuries in the Americas, 1998–2010

Rodrigues

Villaveces

Sanhueza

et al. 2013

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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Injuries, disabilities and deaths among motorcyclists have been rising worldwide but what is happening in the American Continent is not completely known. Deaths from motorcycle crashes of the Pan American Health Organization database (PAHO/WHO, 1998-2010) were included in an ecologic multi-national study to quantify the temporal trends and to estimate the association between motorcycle riders' deaths and selected socio-economic indicators. Mortality rates increased in all sub-regions. The highest increase was reported in the countries of the Andean sub-region (Ecuador, 78.3%) and Mesoamerica (Costa Rica, 60.0%). Poorer countries fared worse in terms of motorcycle mortality relative to richer countries, as did more unequal ones. Recent economic changes, rapid increment of motorisation rates, affordability of motorcycles over public transportation, lack of adequate public transportation policies and other insufficient measures aimed at improving safety can explain these trends.

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confidence: 98%

Trends in fatal motorcycle injuries in the Americas, 1998–2010

Rodrigues

Villaveces

Sanhueza

et al. 2013

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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“…Some of the literature documents the positive contribution s of NPs within the occupational health field (American Association of Occupational Health Nurses [AAOHN], 1999;Childre, 1995;Devlin, 1995;Dowrick, 1993). Opportunities for NPs to deliver primary care in worksites have also been described (Burgel, 1996;Ferguson, 1996;Grimes, 1997;Zentner, 1995). Other articles describe the added value of NPs in disability management and case management (Atkinson, 1999;Gliniecki, 1995;Howe, 1996;Martin, 1995).…”

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Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialists Practicing as Nurse Practitioners

Burgel

2002

AAOHN Journal

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N urse practitioners (NPs) have been providing diagnosis and treatment, within their scope of practice, for work related injury and illness in California for more than 20 years. However, this NP care has been mostly "invisible" to policy makers because NPs are not specifically listed as treating providers in the California Labor Code. Additionally, since 1994 there have been several regulatory changes and administrative decisions that have provided greater visibility of NP practice in the California workers' compensation (WC) system, but have resulted in a narrow interpretation of the NP role. The interpretation is that NPs can provide care and get reimbursed in the WC system, but are limited in outlining or modifying a treatment plan, certifying disability, or signing a "Doctor's First Report of Injury" (DFR). These changes have caused confusion among insurance carriers, employers, attorneys, physicians, and occupational health nurses about the NP role in the WC system in California. This confusion comes at a time when there are limited data about NP outcomes in the WC system, and a

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