This study compares the medical costs for treating workplace injuries covered by workers' compensation insurance to the costs of treating similar injuries not occurring at work that are covered by group health insurance. Dramatic differences in total medical costs are observed: Medical costs in...

This paper examines the effect of workers' compensation on the time until an injured worker returns to work. Two large increases in the maximum weekly benefit amount in Kentucky am Michigan are examined. The increases raised the benefit amount for high earnings individuals by over sixty percent,...

The first four papers in this volume address benefit system policy matters, and the last ten papers address the pricing, regulation, and potential insolvency of workers' compensation insurance. Within each general area, the papers are arranged in such a way that the first papers address broad...

This paper examines the effect of workers' compensation on the time until an injured worker returns to work. Two large increases in the maximum weekly benefit amount in Kentucky am Michigan are examined. The increases raised the benefit amount for high earnings individuals by over sixty percent,...