Prediction Model for Job Retention According to the Type of Return to Work Among Industrially Injured Workers in Korea.

OBJECTIVES

This study aimed to investigate how the type of return to work after an industrial accident affects job retention.

METHODS

Using data from the panel study of workers' compensation insurance first-third, and hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for workers leaving their jobs.

RESULTS

The HR leaving their jobs were higher in the "reemployed" compared with that in the "returned to original work," with HR of 2.69 (2.33-3.10). According workers' status, the HRs leaving their jobs were higher among the "reemployed" than among those who "returned to original work." Regular and daily workers' HRs were 1.70 (1.37-2.11) and 3.55 (2.96-4.26), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

The findings suggest that to increase job retention rate, protection policies for reemployed workers or support for employers who hire reemployed workers should be considered.