Naslov
Covid-19: the most common occupational diseasein 2020 in the Republic of Croatia

Autori
Krišto, Ivana ; Kovač, Cvetan ; Šijaković, Ana

Izvornik
SEER. South-East Europe review for labour and social affairs (1435-2869) 24 (2021), 2; 167-180

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
Covid-19 ; occupational disease ; reporting system and procedure ; healthcare ; social welfare

Sažetak
The global pandemic of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the consequent illness of healthcare workers from Covid-19 are largely responsible for the increase in the reported number of occupational diseases in the healthcare and social care sec-tor in 2020 in the Republic of Croatia. It is important to note that Covid-19 wasthe most common occupational disease in the field in 2020. The health sector is first in line as a result of workers’ role in the diagnosis and treatment of those suffering from the disease and it could therefore be expected that the largestnumber of sick workers would be in this sector. After recovery (approximately 15days), and assuming there are no complications, sick workers return to work but as we do not yet know the extent of the effects of this disease, it is not possible to predict whether there will be subsequent absences due to complications fromCovid-19. This article reports the trends in the notification of occupational diseases under Croatia’s involved reporting system and categorizes workers experiencing occupational diseases by type of disease, sector of activity and geograph-ical location.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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