Issues and performance in the Pennsylvania workers' compensation system

Michael D. Greenberg, Amelia Haviland

Pennsylvania?s workers? compensation system was the subject of legislative changes in the 1990s and again in 2004 and 2006, changes that were partly a response to rising workers? compensation costs over the preceding 30 years. In this paper, Greenberg and Haviland examine the performance of the commonwealth?s workers? compensation system and the issues it faces, focusing particularly on benefits and compensation, workplace safety, medical care, and dispute resolution. The authors review the published research and the available data on workers? compensation in Pennsylvania, and they supplement

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Greenberg, Michael D.
Other Persons:	Haviland, Amelia (contributor)
Publisher:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation/Center for haealth and safety in the workplace
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xix, 60 p) 28 cm
Series:	Occasional paper
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-60) Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Workers' Compensation in Pennsylvania: Overview and Recent History; Investigating Workers' Compensation Policy in Pennsylvania; Chapter Two - Benefits, Employer Costs, and Compensation; Benefits and Employer Costs: Performance Data and Comparisons; Compensation and Return to Work: Performance Data and Comparisons; Discussion and Policy Implications; Chapter Three - Safety; Summary of Workplace Safety Regulation and Policies in Pennsylvania Workplace Safety in Pennsylvania: Performance Data and ComparisonsSafety Compliance and Policy Initiatives: Performance Data and Assessment; Discussion and Policy Implications; Chapter Four - Medical Care; Medical Costs in Pennsylvania: Performance Data and Comparisons; Quality of Care and Access to Care: Performance Data and Comparisons; Policies in Workers' Compensation Medical Care; Discussion and Policy Implications; Chapter Five - Dispute Resolution; The Dispute Resolution System in Pennsylvania: Performance Data andComparisons Policy Issues in Workers' Compensation Adjudication in PennsylvaniaDiscussion and Policy Implications; Chapter Six - Discussion; Conclusions and Recommendations; Bibliography Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-0-8330-4408-2 ; 978-0-8330-4408-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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