How many injured workers do not file claims for workers' compensation benefits?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 467-473

  Shannon, Harry S ^a,b   Lowe, Graham S ^c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Canadian Policy Research Networks   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Claim; Reporting; Severity; Survey; Work injuries; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREDICTION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036895535     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10142     Document Type: Article

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