Vocational rehabilitation services in workers' compensation programs: evaluating research model effectiveness.
Vocational rehabilitation programs are a strategy used by many, employers to manage workers' compensation costs and the consequence of injuries for their workers. Soaring costs for employers and public entities associated with workers' compensation programs and vocational rehabilitation services indicate that additional research is needed--a need further demonstrated by the serious financial, social and psychological costs that workplace disability exacts from workers.
Davidson
C J
CJ
Frank F. Haack & Associates, Inc., Milwaukee.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017049:Employer Health Costs; D006801:Humans; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000458:organization & administration*