Permanent disability at private, self-insured firms : a study of earnings loss, replacement, and return to work for workers' compensation claimants / Robert T. Reville ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reville, Robert T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Workers' compensation--United States--Case studies.

Workers' compensation.

Disability insurance claims--United States--Case studies.

Disability insurance claims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report examines the consequences of a disabling workplace injury for workers at 68 private self-insured employers in California from 1991-5. Using employer-provided data, it estimates the earnings losses associated with a disability and the post-injury employment patterns of claimants.

Contents:

The Institute for Civil Justice; Board of Overseers; California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, Blue-Ribbon Permanent Disability Policy Advisory Committee; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Self-Insurance in California and Implications for return to Work and Replacement of Lost Earnings; 2. Measuring Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates; 3. Data; 4. Results on Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates; 5. Comparing Results on Return to Work at Insured and Self-Insured Firms

6. Results on Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates by Severity of Injury7. Explaining the Differences: The Impact of Firm Size and Pre-Injury Earnings on Wage Loss and Replacement Rates; 8. Summary and Implications for Adequacy of Compensation; A. Technical Appendix; B. Responses from Workers' Compensation Stakeholders on Report Findings; References

Notes:

"Prepared for the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation."

"MR-1268-ICJ"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-99).

ISBN:

0-8330-4392-7

1-59875-200-6

OCLC:

171566549