Causes of under recorded in job accidents
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Keywords
Medical Records, Forms and Records Control, Occupational Accidents, Occupational Medicine, Social Security
Abstract
Objective: to determine causes of underrecord the job accidents in the IMSS at Veracruz state.
Methods: a prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in patients with a job accident who not concluded the proceedings to established as job accident (JA) in a Primary Care Unit, from September to December, in 2005. The data were obtained from ST-4-30-8 formats at emergency room. The results were analyzed through statistical programme.
Results: from 587 patients having job accidents, 242 (41 %) did not complete the administrative proceeding which would mark it as an accident during their work journey, and in this group, 118 (49 %) were agree to answer the survey. Contusions and wounds predominated on diagnostic. The proceeding for job accident was not completed by patients because: 53% said that did not matter, 24 % patients had not validity in the institute, and 10 % patients had not obtained boss permission to complete proceedings.
Conclusions: patients apathy, invalidity in the institute, and lack boss permission to complete proceedings were the main reasons of under-recorded.
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