Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1118-1125

Country factors associated with the risk of hospitalization and aeromedical evacuation among expatriate workers (Article)

Druckman M. , Harber P. , Liu Y. , Quigley R.L.*
  • a International SOS Assistance Inc, 3600 Horizon Blvd., Trevose, PA 19053, United States
  • b PLLC, Tucson, AZ, United States
  • c Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • d International SOS Assistance Inc, 3600 Horizon Blvd., Trevose, PA 19053, United States, Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: To assess country factors associated with the risk of requiring aeromedical evacuation and hospitalization among expatriate workers and their dependents. METHODS:: The 2009-2010 data including 5725 aeromedical evacuations and 17,828 hospitalizations, and 2009 data of hospitalizations and aeromedical evacuations among 94,651 at-risk expatriates, were analyzed to assess 2 country risk rating tools. Each tool utilized four risk categories and reflected level of development and medical capabilities. RESULTS:: Country risk category was strongly associated with risk of evacuation and/or hospitalization for each risk rating tool (eg, 46-fold increase from lowest to highest country risk category). CONCLUSION:: Country risk tools strongly associate hospitalization and aeromedical evacuation with country risk category, and thus can be important indicators of relative medical risk. Employers may use these results to implement targeted prevention programs to support expatriate workers and their families. Copyright © 2012 by American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

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Index Keywords

patient care hospitalization ambulance patient transport employer human risk assessment Internationality Databases, Factual employee health program Humans family worker expatriate worker Article Risk-Taking Geography, Medical Air Ambulances
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DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182677d75
ISSN: 10762752
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English