The impact of provider choice on workers' compensation costs and outcomes

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-142

  Neumark, David ^a,b,c   Barth, Peter S ^d   Victor, Richard A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NBER ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e Workers Compensation Research Institute   (United States)

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EID: 36448951601     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390706100107     Document Type: Article

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