Evelien Nys, Sara Pauwels, Balázs Ádám, João Amaro, Athanasios Athanasiou, Osnat Bashkin, Tatjana Kofol Bric, Petar Bulat, Cigdem Caglayan, Irina Guseva Canu, Serghei Cebanu, Barbara Charbotel, Jolanta Cirule, Stefania Curti, Nadav Davidovitch, Keren Dopelt, Metoda Dodic Fikfak, Heikki Frilander, Per Gustavsson, Anje Christina Höper, Sibel Kiran, Manolis Kogevinas, Ferenc Kudász, Henrik A Kolstad, Sanja Brekalo Lazarevic, Jelena Macan, Nicole Majery, Alessandro Marinaccio, Dana Mates, Stefano Mattioli, Damien Martin McElvenny, Zakia Mediouni, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, Eda Merisalu, Dragan Mijakoski, Evangelia Nena, Peter Noone, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Daniela Pelclova, Nurka Pranjic, Mark Rosso, Consol Serra, Lesley Rushton, Abdulsamet Sandal, Eva S Schernhammer, Sasho Stoleski, Michelle C Turner, Henk F van der Molen, Marek Varga, Jolanta Walusiak-Skorupa, Kurt Straif, Lode Godderis
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to present an overview of the formal recognition of COVID-19 as occupational disease (OD) or injury (OI) across Europe. METHODS: A COVID-19 questionnaire was designed by a task group within COST-funded OMEGA-NET and sent to occupational health experts of 37 countries in WHO European region, with a last update in April 2022. RESULTS: The questionnaire was filled out by experts from 35 countries. There are large differences between national systems regarding the recognition of OD and OI: 40% of countries have a list system, 57% a mixed system and one country an open system...
November 23, 2023: Occupational and Environmental Medicine