Publication: Estimating of the costs of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in agricultural works in Thailand
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2020-01-01
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1745655X
01975897
01975897
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Public Health Policy. (2020)
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Densak Yogyorn, Craig Slatin, Somkiat Siriruttanapruk, Susan Woskie, Thanawadee Chantian, Pusanisa Chaladlerd, Pornpimol Kongtip Estimating of the costs of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in agricultural works in Thailand. Journal of Public Health Policy. (2020). doi:10.1057/s41271-020-00251-0 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/59284
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Estimating of the costs of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in agricultural works in Thailand
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© 2020, The Author(s). Thailand lacks occupational injury and illness (OII) surveillance for its agricultural sector, a sector that comprises 34% of the total Thai workforce but is not covered by the workers compensation system. This study used data from Thailand’s Universal Health Care System to estimate the medical costs of OIIs from agricultural work in Thailand. In 2017, OII medical costs totaled $47 million (USD), about ~ 0.2% of the gross domestic product produced by the Thai agricultural sector. We recommend that some of the national funds currently used for medical treatment of OIIs be used instead to develop and implement prevention programs in agriculture. This would improve not only worker health and safety, but also productivity. Availability of data on working conditions, injuries and illnesses, and especially lost time, lost income and productivity, and OII-related costs for the workers and their dependents might enable better public health policy formulation.