The cost of compensable low back pain.
Cost data were retrieved from all claims of low back pain initiated during 1986 (N = 98,999) from computerized records of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The mean cost per case was $6807; median cost, $391. Medical costs represented 31.5% of the total costs; indemnity costs, 67.2%. The total compensable cost for all low back pain in the United States was estimated to be $11.1 billion. Large variations were found to exist among different states in cost per case and percentage of costs for indemnity and medical payments.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Hopkinton, MA 01748.
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D001416:Back Pain / Q000191:economics*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits / Q000191:economics*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D014942:Workers' Compensation