Research Summary
Research efforts revolve around predictors of costs and disability duration in workers' compensation claims.
Technology Expertise Keywords
Epidemiology, Biostatistics
Selected Publications
Bernacki EJ, Tsai SP. Ten Years Experience Using an Integrated Workers' Compensation Management System to Control Workers' Compensation Costs. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 45:5;508-16, 2003.
Tao G, Bernacki EJ. A Randomized Clinical Trial of Continuous Low-Level Heat Therapy for Acute Muscular Low Back Pain in the Workplace. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 47:1:12; 1298-1306, 2005.
Bernacki EJ, Tao G, Yuspeh L. A Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of a Provider Network on Costs and Lost-time in Workers' Compensation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 47:1; 3-10, 2005.
Tao G, Bernacki EJ, Jankosky C, Means C. An Assessment of Universal versus Risk Based HCV Testing of Source Patients Post Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids Among Healthcare Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 48:5; 470-477, 2005.
Bernacki EJ, Tao G, Yuspeh L. An Investigation of the Effects of a Healthcare Provider Network on Costs and Lost-time in Workers' Compensation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 48:9;873-882, 2006.
Bernacki EJ, Yuspeh L, Tao G. Determinants of Esclating Costs in Low Risk Workers' Compensation Claims. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 49:7; 780-790, July 2007.
Bernacki EJ, Tao G. The Relationship Between Attorney Involvement, Claim Duration and Workers' Compensation Costs. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50(9):1013-1018, 2008.
Tao G, Chenoweth D, Alfriend AS, Baron DM, Kirkland TW, Scherb J, Bernacki EJ. Monitoring Worksite Clinic Performance Utilizing a Cost Benefit Tool. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 51(10):1151-1157, 2009.
Tao G, Giampino J, Dooley DA, Humphrey FE, Baron DM, Bernacki EJ. Description of an Influenza Vaccinational Campaign and Use of a Randomized Survery to Determine Participation Rates. Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 31(2), 2010.
Bernack EJ, Tao X, Yuspeh L. The Impact of Cost Intensive Physicians on Workers Compensation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 52:1;22-28, 2010.
Bernacki, EJ, Yuspeh L. Lavin R, Tao XG. Increases in the Use and Cost of Opioids to Treat Acute and Chronic Pain in Injured Workers, 1999 to 2001. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(2):216-223, February 2012.
Tao XG, Lavin RA, Yuspeh L, Bernacki, EJ. Natural History of Opioid Dosage Escalation Post-Injury: A Cohort Study of Injured Workers in the State of Louisiana, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(4):439-444 April, 2012.
Wrighton-Smith P, Sneed L, Humphrey F, Tao X, Bernacki EJ. Screening Healthcare Workers with Interferon-Gamma Release Assay vs. Tuberculin Skin Test: Impact on Costs and Adherence to Testing (the SWITCH Study). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 54(7):806-15, July 2012.
White JA, Tao X, Talreja M, Tower J, Bernacki EJ. The Effect of Opioid Use on Worker's Compensation Claim Cost in the State of Michigan. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(8):948-53, August 2012.
Tao, XG, Lavin RA, Yuspeh L, Bernacki EJ. Impact of the Combined Use of Opioids and Surgical Procedures on Worker's Compensation Cost Among A Cohort of Injured Workers in the State of Louisiana. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(12):1513-1519, December 2012.
Davis SR, Tao X, Bernacki EJ, Alfriend, AS. Evaluation of a Bladder Cancer Cluster in a Population of Criminal Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Part I: The Cancer Incidence. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2012:Article ID 101850, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2012/101850, December 2012.
Lavin RA, Tao X, Yuspeh L, Bernacki EJ. Temporal Relationship between Lumbar Spine Surgeries, Return to Work and Worker's Compensation Costs in a Cohort of Injured Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 54(5):539-543, May 2013.
Davis SR, Tao X, Bernacki EJ, Alfriend, AS. Evaluation of a Bladder Cancer Cluster in a Population of Criminal Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Part II: The Association of Cancer risk and Fire Scene Investigation. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2013:Article ID 986023, 10 pages, http:dx.dol.org/10.1155/2013/986023, April 2013.
Jackson JB, Tao X, Sneed L, Humphrey-Carothers F, Bernacki EJ. Cost of Annual Tuberculosis Screening of Health Care Workers with Negative Tuberculin Skin Test Results. ICHP, 34:(6) June 2013.
Tao X, Lavin RA, Yuspeh L, Bernacki EJ. Implications of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections after Lumbar Surgery. Accepted for publication.