Varicose Veins as Model for Apportionment among Risk Factors for Compensation Purposes.

Q3 Medicine Journal of insurance medicine (New York, N.Y.) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI:10.17849/insm-51-3-1-9.2

Marc J Weber, Mark I Taragin

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Abstract

Objective.—: To demonstrate a method which is being used to apportion between risk factors for occupationally related disease and compensate individuals with multiple risk factors. The application to individuals will be demonstrated for varicose veins.

Background.—: The National Insurance Institute (NII) is tasked with compensating work related injuries and illness in Israel. Population attributable fraction (PAF) has been utilized in order to estimate the amount of disease that can potentially be eliminated in a population through the elimination of individual risk factors. PAF is based on relative risks and the prevalence of these risks.

Methods.—: A review of the medical literature consisting of epidemiological studies of varicose veins and its multiple risk factors was conducted, with special attention to prolonged occupational standing. Summary, weighted, relative risks were calculated for eight different risk factors. The proposed formula then allowed for apportioning among those risk factors in the individual.

Results.—: The findings of the current study indicate that prolonged standing may be associated with the presence of varicose veins, however in light of the multiple other risk factors associated, its overall contribution is generally minor.

Conclusion.—: Apportionment among multiple risk factors for varicose veins can be accomplished mathematically in individuals. This application is being applied successfully for other diseases as well.

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静脉曲张作为赔偿风险因素的分摊模型。

目标：展示一种方法，该方法被用于分摊与职业有关的疾病的风险因素，并对具有多种风险因素的个人进行补偿。背景：国家保险研究所（NII）的任务是对与工作有关的工伤和职业病进行赔偿：国家保险研究所（NII）的任务是对以色列的工伤和疾病进行赔偿。人口可归因分数（PAF）被用来估算通过消除个人风险因素而可能在人口中消除的疾病数量。PAF 基于相对风险和这些风险的发生率：对有关静脉曲张及其多种风险因素的流行病学研究的医学文献进行了回顾，并特别关注了长期职业性站立。针对八种不同的风险因素，计算了加权相对风险汇总。然后，根据拟议的公式对这些风险因素在个人中进行分摊：目前的研究结果表明，长时间站立可能与静脉曲张的存在有关，但考虑到与之相关的其他多种风险因素，其总体影响一般较小：结论：静脉曲张的多种风险因素可以通过数学方法在个人身上进行分摊。这种应用也成功地应用于其他疾病。

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