Comparison of workers' compensation costs for two cohorts of injured workers before and after the introduction of managed care

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 568-572

  Green McKenzie, Judith ^a   Parkerson, John ^b   Bernacki, Edward ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031816041     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199806000-00010     Document Type: Article

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