Incidence and causative agents of chemical eye injuries in Switzerland

CONTEXT Chemical eye injuries are ophthalmological emergencies with a high risk of secondary complications and severe visual loss. Only limited epidemiological data for such injuries are available for many countries. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed two independent studies. The cause of chemical eye injuries was assessed with a prospective questionnaire study. Questionnaires were sent to all ophthalmologists in Switzerland. A total of 163 patients (205 eyes) were included, between December 2012 and October 2014. Independent of the questionnaire study, the incidence of chemical eye injuries was assessed with a retrospective cohort study design using the database of the mandatory accident insurance. RESULTS Ophthalmological questionnaires revealed that plaster/cement (20.5%), alkaline (12.2%) and acid (10.2%) solutions caused the highest number of chemical injuries. Only 2% of all injuries were classified as grade III and none as grade IV (Roper-Hall classification). The official toxicological information phone-hotline was contacted in 4.3% of cases. Using data from the accident insurance, an incidence of chemical eye injuries of about 50/100 000/year was found in the working population. CONCLUSION Here, we present data on the involved agents of chemical eye injuries in Switzerland, and also the incidence of such injuries in the working population. This may also help to assess the need for further education programs and to improve and direct preventive measures.

On Voters' Attitudes Towards Unemployment Insurance Subsidies across Regions: A Canadian Simulation

The Canadian unemployment insurance program is designed to reflect the varying risk of joblessness across regions. Regions that are considered low-risk areas subsidize higher risk ones. A region's risk is typically proxied by its relative unemployment rate. We use a dynamic, heterogeneous-agent model calibrated to Canada to analyze voters preferences between a uniformly generous unemployment insurance and the current system with asymmetric generosity. We find that Canada's unusual unemployment insurance system is surprisingly close to what voters would choose in spite of the possibilities of moral hazard and self-insurance through asset build-up.

Measuring Unemployment Insurance Generosity

In this paper, we develop a methodology to summarize the various policy parameters of an unemployment insurance scheme into a single generosity parameter. Unemployment insurance policies are multdimensional objects. They are typically defined by waiting periods, eligibility duration, benefit levels and asset tests when eligible, which makes intertemporal or international comparisons difficult. To make things worse, labor market conditions, such as the likelihood and duration of unemployment matter when assessing the generosity of different policies. We build a first model with such complex characteristics. Our model features heterogeneous agents that are liquidity constrained but can self-insure. We then build a second model that is similar, except that the unemployment insurance is simpler: it is deprived of waiting periods and agents are eligible forever with constant benefits. We then determine which level of benefits in this second model makes agents indifferent between both unemployment insurance policies. We apply this strategy to the unemployment insurance program of the United Kingdom and study how its generosity evolved over time.

Danse rituelle du feu = Danza ritual del fuego = Ritual fire dance /

Originally for orchestra.

The insurance industry. Hearings, Eighty-fifth Congress, second session, pursuant to S. Res. 231 .

Continuous paging.

Annual report of the insurance commissioner.

Issued in 2 pt.: Pt. I, Fire and marine insurance; pt. II, Life, casualty and assessment insurance.

Annual [Insurance] Report

Issued In Two Parts: Pt. i, Fire and Marine Insurance; Pt. Ii, Life and Miscellaneous Insurance

Report of the Superintendent of Insurance for Canada. : Rapport du Surintendant des assurances du Canada.

English title only, 1945-1954.

Fire protection handbook.

Vols. for 2003- issued in 2 vols.

Annual report of the insurance commissioner.

Title varies slightly.

A chronological list of books and pamphlets, relating to the doctrine of chances and the rate of mortality, annuities, reversions, marine and fire insurances, and life-assurance; with the titles of the several parliamentary reports connected with friendly societies, and of publications relating to particular life-assurance offices.

Published also in the author's A familiar explanation of the nature, advantages, and importance of assurance upon lives ... London, 1842. 19 1/2 cm. p. 183-221.

Mutual insurance bulletin.

Issues for Feb. 1914-Dec. 1937 called no. 1-286; v. 25- called no. 287-

Annual report of the Superintendent of Insurance.

-31st Report of Fire Commissioner included with -38th of Superintendent of Insurance.

The Insurance year book...

Until 1891 the Insurance year book was published in 1 vol. From 1891 to 1922 it was published in 2 vols., one devoted to "Life and miscellaneous" (1905-1922 "Life, casualty and miscellaneous") and the other to "Fire and marine." 1923- published in 3 vols., the first devoted to "Life insurance," the second to "Casualty and miscellaneous" and the third to "Fire and marine."

Annual report of the Division of Insurance

<1907>-1917 in two parts: pt.1, Fire, marine and inland insurance