Legal Aspects of Recognizing COVID-19 As an Occupational Disease in The Republic of Croatia

Autor: Milošević, Milan, Brborović, Hana, Žaja, Roko, Pjevač, Neda, Pucarin-Cvetković, Jasna, Pjevač, Nada, Božić, Tajana, Kaštelan, Snježana
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Revija za socijalnu politiku
Volume 29
Issue 3
ISSN: 1845-6014
1330-2965
Popis: Occupational diseases are diseases directly induced by work and working conditions. In the Republic of Croatia, according to the procedure set out by law, occupational diseases are reported and recognized by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund and registered and monitored in the Registry of Occupational Diseases kept by the Croatian Institute for Public Health – Department of Occupational Health. Diagnoses are under responsibility of occupational medicine specialists and are carried out according to modern occupational health criteria, which include determining the clinical picture of the disease and the damage caused by the work process. The recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease is extremely important for the worker considering the financial and pension benefits according to the applicable laws and regulations. Most workers who have had COVID-19 as a professional disease do not get the disease recognized as an occupational disease while they are sick. The length of the acute disease is shorter than the process of application and evaluation of occupational disease. However, the recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease may be important for the future. Should any of the complications (e.g. post COVID-19 syndrome) arise in the future, the worker holds their rights under health insurance. The scientific and healthcare community is still in the process of evaluating and recognizing complications of COVID-19 disease and their long-term impact on health and work ability.
Profesionalne bolesti su bolesti izravno izazvane radom i radnim uvjetima. U Republici Hrvatskoj, kroz postupak utvrđen zakonom, profesionalne bolesti prijavljuje i priznaje Hrvatski zavod za zdravstveno osiguranje te ih se registrira i prati u Registru profesionalnih bolesti koji vodi Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo – Služba za medicinu rada. Dijagnoze su u nadležnosti specijalista medicine rada i sporta te se provode prema suvremenim kriterijima zaštite na radu, što uključuje određivanje kliničke slike bolesti i posljedica na zdravlje koji su povezani s radnim procesom. Priznavanje COVID-19 kao profesionalne bolesti izuzetno je važno za radnika obzirom na financijske i mirovinske beneficije prema važećim zakonima i pravilnicima. Većini radnika koji su imali COVID-19 kao profesionalnu bolest ona nije priznata kao profesionalna bolest dok su bolesni. Duljina akutne bolesti kraća je od procesa primjene i procjene profesionalne bolesti. Međutim, priznavanje COVID-19 kao profesionalne bolesti može biti važno za budućnost. Ako se bilo koja od komplikacija (npr. post COVID-19 sindrom) pojavi u budućnosti, radnik ima svoja prava prema zdravstvenom i mirovinskom osiguranju. Znanstvena i zdravstvena zajednica još uvijek su u procesu procjene i prepoznavanja komplikacija bolesti COVID-19 i njihovog dugoročnog utjecaja na zdravlje i radne sposobnosti.
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