Occupational
Injury
Summary of
Discussions from the
April 2-3, 2001 Meeting Breakouts (2
sessions)
Geography represented: United
States New Zealand Netherlands Australia Canada Europe Russia by
proxy
Discussed
Criteria/parameters national data would need to meet to be included in a
larger international comparison of fatal occupational injuries. Also
discussed the desirable variables and their values/codes.
Agreed to post the
criteria on the AdvICE LISTSERV, to both invite discussion and for
consideration to by other countries to include their data in a larger
comparison.
Other points of
discussion:
There
was interest expressed in focusing on exploring international comparison
of work injuries among youth, especially in agricultural settings. (ICE
Teen?)
Should
we also strive to develop similar criteria and attempt to compare
work-related hospitalizations (especially as U.S. moves to ICD-10) New
target/goal?
Should
we also strive to influence change in data collections to allow for
comparable data with other countries (rather than just assume must accept
what is readily available)
Noted
that international comparisons can be very powerful in getting high-level
attention and in making the argument for change; that international
investment in revising data collections to conform to new, more comparable
standards can be worthwhile. Perhaps this group should develop some
position statement on this?
It
was agreed that there would be value in analyzing the European Union
international data and comparing other countries to the U.S./Australia/New
Zealand data set to identify differences and determine the feasibility of
improving comparability between international data. We will proceed to
explore this opportunity.
Discussed proposing the
following topics for a session on International Comparison of Occupational
Injuries for the Montreal conference :
Motor Vehicle death
comparison
International
Reliability of coding
Analysis of
European Union data
International
comparison of ED data
Roundtable
discussion of harmonizing national data for international comparisons