[Identification and selection of diseases of possible occupational origin managed through the National Health System]
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[Identification and selection of diseases of possible occupational origin managed through the National Health System]
Abstract
Objective: To identify and select common diseases of possible occupational origin, managed through the Spanish National Health System.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: Catalonia (Spain).
Participants: Data were collected on people over 15 years of age who were seen for the first time in a primary care clinic or were admitted to a hospital or had an episode of non-occupational sickness absence in catalonia in 2008 or died in this region in 2007.
Main measurements: A total of 407 diagnostic codes for possible occupationally-related diseases were selected from a modified version of the european union ICD-10 list of diagnostic codes, from which 34 were selected and assessed by an expert panel.
Results: The initial 34 diagnoses represented 6.7% of all new outpatient visits, 13.8% of the sickness absence episodes, 13.6% of acute admissions and 15.8% of all annual deaths. Asthma appeared prominently in all four databases. The list was pared down to a final list of 26 four-digit icd-10 codes, that accounted for 3.3% of the first visits, 8.9% of lost work time episodes and 2.7% of acute admissions.
Conclusions: The implementation of a "red flag" into the electronic medical record each time one of these 26 diagnostic codes is entered, could help to improve the reporting of occupational diseases.
Objetivo: Identificar y seleccionar la patología posiblemente laboral que es atendida en el sistema público de salud.
Diseño: Estudio transversal.
Emplazamiento: Cataluña (España).
Participantes: Persona mayor de 15 años que registra una primera visita en atención primaria o un ingreso en un hospital o un episodio de incapacidad por contingencia común en 2008 en Cataluña o que ha fallecido en esta misma comunidad en 2007.
Mediciones principales: A partir de la conversión de la lista europea de enfermedades profesionales en 407 entidades de la CIE-10, se identificaron 34 entidades que fueron valoradas por un grupo de expertos.
Resultados: Estas entidades posiblemente laborales suponían el 6,7% de las primeras visitas, el 13,8% de las incapacidades laborales, el 13,6% de los contactos con los hospitales agudos y el 15,8% de las defunciones. El asma fue una patología de posible origen laboral identificada en las 4 bases de datos. Después de la selección de los expertos, las 26 entidades representan el 3,3% de las primeras visitas, el 8,9% de las incapacidades y el 2,7% de los contactos con hospitales de agudos.
Conclusiones: La implantación de un sistema de alerta en la historia clínica electrónica, cada vez que una de estas 26 enfermedades es registrada, puede ayudar a mejorar la comunicación de trastornos profesionales.
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.
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