TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Prevention, medical management and adjudication of workplace injuries: a thirty-two year follow-up of an integrated workers' compensation program
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Bernacki, Edward J.
A1  - Kalia, Nimisha
A1  - Soistman, Sharon
A1  - Minor, Sebastian A.
A1  - Barry, Jill
A1  - Lavin, Robert A.
A1  - Tao, Xuguang Grant
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002275
ID  - ref1
ER  -