@article{ref1,
title="Prevention, medical management and adjudication of workplace injuries: a thirty-two year follow-up of an integrated workers' compensation program",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2021",
author="Bernacki, Edward J. and Kalia, Nimisha and Soistman, Sharon and Minor, Sebastian A. and Barry, Jill and Lavin, Robert A. and Tao, Xuguang Grant",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Describe the cost outcomes of an integrated workers' compensation program. <br><br>METHODS: We studied a population that increased from 20K to 59K, incurring 8,807 lost time claims between 1988 and 2020. <br><br>RESULTS: Lost-time claims decreased from 22.15 to 4.32 per 1,000 employees (1988-2020), and total closed lost-time claim costs per $100 payroll, decreased from $0.62 to $0.17 (1988-2017). The percent of claims resolved within 3 years of the accident increased from 10% to 89% (1988-2017). Adjusting for medical inflation and wage increases, total workers' compensation benefits paid per claim decreased $124 per year, medical benefits decreased $45 per year and indemnity benefits decreased $79 per year. <br><br>CONCLUSION: On both a population (per employee) and on a per claim basis, workers' compensation costs decreased substantially, which is attributable to improvements in accident prevention and decreases in claim duration.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000002275",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002275"
}