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Workplace assaults on minority health and mental health care workers in Los Angeles.

Author(s) -

CONSTANCE S. B. SULLIVAN,

Chen Yuan

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.7.1011

Subject(s) - occupational safety and health , medicine , mental health , health care , public health , population , workplace violence , suicide prevention , psychiatry , poison control , family medicine , gerontology , medical emergency , nursing , environmental health , pathology , economics , economic growth

Workplace violence is becoming increasingly recognized as a serious problem in health care settings. All 628 workers' compensation assaults claimed by minority Los Angeles County health care workers from 1986 through 1990 were abstracted. Population-at-risk data from county personnel computer tapes provided denominators by age, sex, race, job classification, and type of facility. Rates varied by type of facility (rate ratio = 38 for psychiatric hospitals vs public health facilities) and varied by job, with inpatient nursing attendants having the highest rate for caregivers. Most assaults were committed by patients (86%), followed by coworkers (8%). The average cost of an assault ($4879) was relatively low but related to the costlier problem of work-related emotional illness.

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