Author:
Laskaris Zoey,Markowitz Steven B.
Abstract
Objective
This study aimed to characterize the distribution and award status of COVID-19–related workers' compensation (WC) claims in New York State (NYS) for 2020 and 2021.
Methods
Characteristics and filing rates of COVID-19 claims were described by industry, time of illness, and award status. Nursing care facilities' claims were compared with the recorded nursing home staff COVID-19 infections and deaths reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the same period.
Results
Of 29,814 COVID-19 claims, 21.9% were awarded benefits, although 86.8% of the claimants worked in essential industries. Of the 46,505 CMS-recorded COVID-19 infections, 1.4% resulted in a claim and 7.2% of the 111 CMS-recorded deaths received death benefits.
Conclusions
The NYS WC program has provided very modest support to essential workers for the likely work-related burden of the pandemic in NYS.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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