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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Workers' Compensation"”.
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Women's experiences of the workers' compensation system in Queensland, Australia
… to understand women's experience of the workers' compensation system. Eleven women were interviewed. They ranged in age from twenty-five to sixty-five years and represented diverse socio-economic and educational backgrounds. All women were from a non-indigenous background. The initial …
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Social Support Via a Telephone Intervention For Workers' Compensation Clients
… a social support telephone intervention for workers' compensation clients receiving treatment at an outpatient rehabilitation center. For subjects receiving the telephone intervention, a brief expectancy manipulation was included concerning the efficacy of telephone intervention. Thirty-five …
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Regional Investment and Workers' Compensation in a State Econometric Model
Worker's Compensation insurance costs have risen dramatically in the State of Illinois over the past five years. A large scale econometric model of the State of Illinois is estimated in order to simulate the impact of Workers' Compensation insurance rate increases on the Illinois economy.
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Controlling the cost of workers' compensation in construction: making the pieces fit
The costs related to workers compensation in the construction industry are rising every year, with no end in sight. Construction professionals can no longer afford to wait for others to solve the problem through new legislation or rate control. Controlling workers’ compensation costs is a puzzle …
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An analysis of workers' compensation insurance for the southeastern United States logging industry
The objective of this research was to analyze the workers’ compensation insurance system for the logging industry in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Insurance rate components were fairly consistent among the …
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The relationship of work and worker characteristics to utilization of workers' compensation benefits
… frequency of claims filed for benefits under the workers' compensation program is dependent not only on the number of workers employed but is influenced by work characteristics such as the nature of work performed, the type of job, and the level of employment. This thesis hypothesized that, in …
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A Comparative Study between Army Civilian Workforce and Private Industry Workforce Workers' Compensation Claims Management
… the Department of the Army, Civilian Worker's Compensation Program to the Private Industry Workforce Worker's Compensation Program. Quantitative research is implemented throughout the study and will compare the cost of workers compensation (WC) claims between the Army and Private Industry. …
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Not All Disability Is Created Equal: A Comparative Historiography Of Workers' Compensation And Disability Benefits In Ontario, Canada
… establishes that work injury and injured workers are relatively neglected in Critical Disability Studies (CDS). A further observation is that CDS tends to avoid a class analysis of disability politics in favour of identitarian approaches. This research focuses on income security. Through a …
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Workers' compensation claims for occupational Tuberculosis in South African health care workers: A survey of process and outcomes
… reported occupational disease in health care workers (HCWs) in South Africa. With the emergence of drug resistant strains and their associated health risks, and the associated increased risk for contracting these strains for HCWs, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that the worker’s …
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The effect of employment and workers' compensation litigation on the pain, psychological state and disability of chronic back pain sufferers
… pain patients and those not involved in the compensation system, others argued that work related injuries were maintained either by the plaintiffs' wish for monetary compensation (compensation neurosis), or by their involvement in the medico-legal process with the stress of the litigation …
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An Empirical Study of Employee Relations and Managerial Malpractice Risks in a Four-Year Public Higher Education System
… legal claims against the university, including workers' compensation, employment practice, and stress claims. To test the empirical validity of this hypothesis, this study gathered campus climate and claims data from 23 campuses and 25 auxiliary enterprises that comprise a large statewide system …
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Effects of Denied and Delayed Medical Treatment on the Injured Workers' Quality of Life
… and delayed medical treatment under California workers’ compensation on the injured workers’ quality of life. Twenty-four participants scored a mean of 9.6 (scale 0-30) on Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index, with higher scores reflecting higher quality of life. Twenty-five participants …
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Compliance with international standards on compensation for occupational injuries and diseases by Zimbabwe and South Africa
… standards set by the ILO regarding the issue of compensation for occupational injuries and diseases. The terms workers compensation and employment injury benefits are frequently used interchangeably.¹³ Workers compensation is the older term, generally used originally to refer to schemes which …
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Workplace injuries, early opioid prescribing, and disability in Washington State
… opioid prescribing increased dramatically in workers' compensation (WC) systems, following national trends within the United States. The increase in opioid prescribing coincided with an increase in overdose deaths and morbidity linked to prescription opioids. While subsequent policy …
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Biomedical and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Pain and Disability after Peripheral Nerve Injury
… were significantly higher in patients with workers’ compensation or litigation (p = 0.03), brachial plexus injuries (p < 0.001) and unemployed patients (p < 0.001). In the multivariable regression analysis, the final model explained 52.7% of the variance with these predictors; pain intensity …
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Health Assessment of Artisanal Metal Work: Injury Patterns, Aerosol Exposures, and Biomonitoring
… particulates and acute injury hazards, these workers operate outside traditional regulatory frameworks and surveillance systems, such as those governed by OSHA, due to their non-standard employment status, with a notable lack of workers’ compensation or insurance coverage. This dissertation …
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The Effects of Education on Fear-Avoidance Behavior of Subjects with Work-Related Low Back Pain
… <p><strong>Subjects.</strong> Thirty-four workers’ compensation subjects with low back pain who exhibited fear-avoidance behavior, according to their responses to the Fear- Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, were alternately assigned either to an educational group or a comparison group.</p> …
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