Medical Costs in Workers' Compensation

Download or read book Medical Costs in Workers' Compensation written by Greg Gifford and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study compares medical costs in Minnesota1s workers1 compensation system to workers1 compensation medical costs in other states. Medical coverage in the workers1 compensation system is virtually the same in all states. If we assume workers in each state had similar injuries, the amount and type of medical care should be approximately the same in each. Under these assumptions, observed differences in medical costs could occur for a number of reasons. Among them are interstate differences in average medical costs, worker demographics and workers1 compensation systems.