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Occupational health reporting systems in Sweden
Author(s) -
Fregert Sigfrid
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700080426
Subject(s) - workers' compensation , medicine , occupational safety and health , legislation , occupational medicine , indemnity , work (physics) , environmental health , compensation (psychology) , liability , liability insurance , health insurance , actuarial science , occupational exposure , insurance policy , health care , business , accounting , economic growth , law , psychology , mechanical engineering , pathology , political science , psychoanalysis , economics , engineering
Legislation covering worker's compensation influences occupational health reporting and data gathering. Five programs recently enacted in Sweden are outlined and discussed. These include: 1) Labour Market No‐Fault Liability Insurance, 1974; 2) The National Sickness Insurance Act, 1977; 3) The Work Injury Insurance Act, 1977; 4) The Work Environment Act, 1977; 5) The Occupational Injury Information System, 1979.