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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Dec 2;28(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid2801.211357. Online ahead of print.
Use of Private Sector Workforce Respiratory Disease Short-Term Disability Claims to Assess SARS-CoV-2, Mexico, 2020
Mauricio Hernandez-Avila, Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz, Waldo Vieyra-Romero, Hector Gutierrez-Diaz, Rodrigo Zepeda-Tello, David Barros-Sierra, Rebeca Velasco-Reyna, Emmanuell Ramirez-Polanco, Manuel Ortega-Alvarez
Abstract
We examined respiratory disease short-term disability claims submitted to the Mexican Social Security Institute during 2020. A total of 1,631,587 claims were submitted by 19.1 million insured workers. Cumulative incidence (8.5%) was 3.6 times higher than that for January 2015‒December-2019. Workers in healthcare, social assistance, self-service, and retail stores were disproportionately affected.
Keywords: COVID-19; Mexico; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; disability claims; healthcare; occupational health; private sector; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; syndromic surveillance; viruses; workforce; zoonoses.
. 2021 Dec 2;28(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid2801.211357. Online ahead of print.
Use of Private Sector Workforce Respiratory Disease Short-Term Disability Claims to Assess SARS-CoV-2, Mexico, 2020
Mauricio Hernandez-Avila, Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz, Waldo Vieyra-Romero, Hector Gutierrez-Diaz, Rodrigo Zepeda-Tello, David Barros-Sierra, Rebeca Velasco-Reyna, Emmanuell Ramirez-Polanco, Manuel Ortega-Alvarez
- PMID: 34856113
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2801.211357
Abstract
We examined respiratory disease short-term disability claims submitted to the Mexican Social Security Institute during 2020. A total of 1,631,587 claims were submitted by 19.1 million insured workers. Cumulative incidence (8.5%) was 3.6 times higher than that for January 2015‒December-2019. Workers in healthcare, social assistance, self-service, and retail stores were disproportionately affected.
Keywords: COVID-19; Mexico; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; disability claims; healthcare; occupational health; private sector; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; syndromic surveillance; viruses; workforce; zoonoses.