1. Déclaration et reconnaissance en maladie professionnelle après dépistage tomodensitométrique de maladies pleuropulmonaires bénignes dans le programme multirégional de surveillance postprofessionnelle de personnes exposées à l’amiante
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A. Gislard, Christophe Paris, Patrick Brochard, F. Conso, François Laurent, J. Ameille, M Letourneux, Jean-Claude Pairon, Bénédicte Clin, E. Schorlé, and Amandine Luc
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Benign disease ,Epidemiology ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Occupational disease ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Asbestos ,Surgery ,Screening programme ,National health insurance ,medicine ,business - Abstract
Background Underreporting of occupational diseases related to asbestos exposure remains a matter of concern in France. The aim of this study was to evaluate the number of claims for compensation for asbestos-related non-malignant pulmonary or pleural occupational disease in subjects having undergone a chest CT-scan in a multiregional screening programme. Methods Among the 5444 voluntary retired asbestos-exposed subjects recruited in four regions between 2003 and 2005 who had undergone a chest CT-scan, the number of claims for compensation for an asbestos-related pulmonary or pleural benign disease was analysed in 2006 and 2010. Results Following CT-scan screening, 17.2% of participants were acknowledged as presenting with an asbestos-related non-malignant occupational disease, essentially pleural plaques, by the French National Health Insurance fund. Underreporting decreased as duration of follow-up after CT-scan increased. Nevertheless, 4 years after CT-scan, underreporting was still as high as 36% for subjects identified as presenting with pleural plaques. Mean duration between the date of CT-scan and the date of recognition as occupational disease was 7.4 months, shorter in cases where screening was coordinated by specialized centres. Conclusion A plan of action for an easier claiming process for compensation of asbestos-related diseases is desired. This could probably be obtained through improved sensitization of physicians engaged in the follow-up of asbestos-exposed subjects, and by standardization of the interpretation and reporting of asbestos-related abnormalities observed on chest CT-scans.
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- 2013
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