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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783014103321

Titolo

Permanent disability at private, self-insured firms [[electronic resource] ] : a study of earnings loss, replacement, and return to work for workers' compensation claimants / / Robert T. Reville ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2001

ISBN

0-8330-4392-7

1-59875-200-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RevilleRobert T

Disciplina

368.4/1/00973

Soggetti

Workers' compensation - United States

Disability insurance claims - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation."

"MR-1268-ICJ"--P. [4] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-99).

Nota di contenuto

The Institute for Civil Justice; Board of Overseers; California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, Blue-Ribbon Permanent Disability Policy Advisory Committee; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1.  Self-Insurance in California and Implications for return to Work and Replacement of Lost Earnings; 2.  Measuring Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates; 3.  Data; 4.  Results on Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates; 5.  Comparing Results on Return to Work at Insured and Self-Insured Firms

6.  Results on Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates by Severity of Injury7.  Explaining the Differences:  The Impact of Firm Size and Pre-Injury Earnings on Wage Loss and Replacement Rates; 8.  Summary and Implications for Adequacy of Compensation; A.  Technical Appendix; B.  Responses from Workers' Compensation Stakeholders on Report Findings; References

Sommario/riassunto

This report examines the consequences of a disabling workplace injury for workers at 68 private self-insured employers in California from 1991-5. Using employer-provided data, it estimates the earnings losses associated with a disability and the post-injury employment



patterns of claimants.