title: Responding to the workers' compensation crisis. A proposal on the structure and management of workers' compensation programs.
abstract: In 1990 job-related injuries are estimated to have cost American employers over $60 billion in direct workers' compensation expenses, a figure which has doubled in the past four years and which may do so again by 1995. The medical costs of treating work-related injuries and illnesses are estimated to have consumed 41 percent of workers' compensation payouts for 1990, the remainder by indemnity claims costs. Taken together with a 17.1 percent increase in group health care costs in 1990, there is concern for the maintenance of a reasonable business atmosphere under which businesses may remain competitive and prosperous, and employment will be available.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Segal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011366:Professional Review Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data