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Insurance pricing with hierarchically structured data: An illustration with a workers' compensation insurance portfolio [PDF]
, 2022 Actuaries use predictive modeling techniques to assess the loss cost on a contract as a function of observable risk characteristics. State-of-the-art statistical and machine learning methods are not well equipped to handle hierarchically structured risk factors with a large number of levels. In this paper, we demonstrate the data-driven construction of
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Safety and Health at Work, 2013 Here, we present a case of lung cancer in a 48-year-old male horse trainer. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case report to include an exposure assessment of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) as a quartz.
Jin-Ha Yoon +6 more
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Gender differences in occupational exposure to carcinogens among Italian workers
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Many carcinogenic chemicals are still used or produced in several economic sectors. The aim of this study is to investigate differences in occupational exposure patterns to carcinogens by gender in Italy.
Alberto Scarselli +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Scientists and technicians who work in contact with laboratory animals are exposed to complex biological mixtures from animals, bedding and feed. The main objective of this study was to characterize the exposures to endotoxins and animal allergens in a ...
Simona Di Renzi +9 more
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Medical Care Spending and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Workers’ Compensation Reforms
The American Economic Review, 2018 Medical care represents an important component of workers’ compensation benefits with the potential to improve health and post-injury labor outcomes, but little is known about the relationship between medical care spending and the labor outcomes of ...
David Powell, S. Seabury
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Factors Associated With Persistent Opioid Use Among Injured Workers’ Compensation Claimants
JAMA Network Open, 2018 Key Points Question What was the proportion of persistent opioid use and the patient-level factors associated with persistent opioid use among workers’ compensation claimants? Findings In this cohort study of 9596 workers’ compensation claimants who were
N. O’Hara +6 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2017 Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the association between high ambient temperature and acute work-related injury, expanding on previous research in this area.
J. McInnes +5 more
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Korean Translation and Psychometric Properties of Self-Report Instrument for Mobility Measuring for Adults With Lower Limb Amputation [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation MedicineObjective To assess mobility in prosthetic limb users, the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M) was developed as a brief item bank. The PLUS-M exhibits good reliability and has been translated into more than 15 languages; however, a Korean ...
Jin Hong Kim, Sohye Jo, Gangpyo Lee
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BMJ Open, 2016 Objectives To determine whether the jurisdiction in which a work-related injury compensation claim is made is an independent predictor of duration of time off work following work injury, and if so, the magnitude of the effect.
A. Collie +4 more
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arXiv, 2021 We introduce a novel framework that considers how a firm could fairly compensate its workers. A firm has a group of workers, each of whom has varying productivities over a set of tasks. After assigning workers to tasks, the firm must then decide how to distribute its output to the workers. We first consider three compensation rules and various fairness
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