Why does workers' compensation pay more for health care?
An analysis shows that health care providers charged substantially larger amounts for treatment of workers' compensation cases than for the treatment of similar patients insured by Blue Cross.
Johnson
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College of Business, Arizona State University.
Burton
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Thornquist
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Zaidman
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