| Preface |
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| Summary |
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| Findings |
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| Published Critiques Identified Numerous Problems with Current Workers' Compensation Policy |
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| Stakeholders Identified Many Shortcomings of Workers' Compensation Policy as Important Challenges to Worker Outcomes |
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| Policy Priorities and Research Needs Suggest a Two-Pronged Research Agenda for Improving Workers' Compensation Policy |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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Chapter Two Objectives and Recent Critiques of Workers' Compensation Policy |
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Goals of Workers' Compensation Systems |
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Early Development and the Grand Bargain |
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The National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws |
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Recent Published Perspectives |
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Workers' Compensation Today |
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Chapter Three Stakeholder Views of System Challenges |
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Overview of Challenges Identified as Major Priorities |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Prevention of Injury and Disability |
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13 | (2) |
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Incentives Based on Workers' Compensation Costs or Injury Rates Have Unintended Consequences |
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13 | (1) |
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Safety Interventions Were Viewed as More Promising Than Incentive Programs and Less Likely to Create Incentives for Underreporting |
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14 | (1) |
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Inadequate Investment in Disability Prevention After Injury |
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15 | (1) |
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System Coverage, Benefit Adequacy, and Cost Spillovers |
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15 | (3) |
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Coverage of Alternative Work Arrangements |
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15 | (1) |
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Coverage of Conditions: Work-Relatedness and Causation |
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16 | (1) |
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Inadequate Benefits and Cost Spillovers to Other Social and Health Insurance Programs |
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17 | (1) |
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Claim Management Processes |
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18 | (1) |
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Too Litigious and Difficult to Navigate for Workers, Small Employers |
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18 | (1) |
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Focus on Compliance Leads to Complexity and Distracts from Other Objectives |
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19 | (1) |
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Data Management and Claim Tracking Problems Within Employers |
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19 | (1) |
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Lack of Integration with Other Health Care |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Payment Reform and Quality Improvement |
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22 | (1) |
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Political Economy and Workers' Compensation Reform |
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23 | (1) |
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Chapter Four Policy Options and Research Needs |
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24 | (15) |
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25 | (9) |
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Removing Barriers to Claiming and System Navigation |
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25 | (1) |
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Injury and Disability Prevention Programs |
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26 | (4) |
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Priorities for Occupational Health Care Delivery |
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30 | (4) |
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Evidence Needed to Improve Outcomes and Policymaking |
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34 | (5) |
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Causation of Occupational Diseases and Nontraumatic Injuries |
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34 | (1) |
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Improving Dispute Resolution |
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35 | (2) |
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Evidence on Cost Spillovers from Workers' Compensation to Other Insurance Systems |
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Technological Change, Work Arrangements, and Evolving Labor Laws |
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37 | (2) |
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Chapter Five Suggestions for a Research Agenda to Improve Workers' Compensation Policy |
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39 | (8) |
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Priorities for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Other Federal Research on Workers' Compensation |
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42 | (6) |
| Appendix A Discussion Participants |
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47 | (1) |
| Appendix B Overview of Workers' Compensation Systems |
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48 | (8) |
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Overview of Workers' Compensation Systems |
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48 | (8) |
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49 | (4) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
| Appendix C Compendium of Critical Perspectives on Current Workers' Compensation Policy |
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56 | (34) |
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56 | (1) |
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Goals of Contemporary Workers' Compensation Systems |
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57 | (1) |
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Overview of Key Workers' Compensation Policy Issues |
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58 | (10) |
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Workers' Compensation Strengths |
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58 | (1) |
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Workers' Compensation Challenges |
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59 | (9) |
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Addendum: Supporting Quotations |
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68 | (22) |
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Workers' Compensation Strengths |
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68 | (3) |
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Workers' Compensation Challenges |
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71 | (19) |
| References |
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