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Blogging Live WCRI Comparing Workers Comp Outcomes Across States

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Comparing Workers Comp outcomes across states WCRI blogging  live.

Subject to Further Research

One of my favorite WCRI studies – hard work on this one

Dr. Savych  and Dr. Thumula (WCRI) – presenters

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These two presenters presented the initial study data last year- 2015.  It was groundbreaking as no one or company actually telephone-interviewed 6,000 injured workers – amazing study

Four Key Outcome Measures 

The four areas examined were:

15 State Median = 14% for no substantial return to work – workers did not return to work or did not stay at work for 30 days.

Indiana had lowest rate of no return to work- 9%

Georgia had highest – 19%

To be able to perform cross – state comparisons  data was normalized due to differences in state laws, industries, 400 interviews in 15 states = 6,000 kept n (number of interviewees  same).

The comparison were all for injured employees with more than 7 days out of work.

Used SF-12(r) measurement instrument

Average injury severity was similar across the 15 states studied

Reported Big Problems with Medical care = 17%  – 15 state median

Two common reasons of medical care dissatisfaction were:

  1. Employer did not want to provide the care
  2. Diagnosis dissatisfaction

14% – 15 State Median – for big problems with getting desired provider

  • 36% of those were discouraged by employer to use this medical provider

Wisconsin has lowest rate of dissatisfaction with medical care = 9%

Florida has highest rate of dissatisfaction with medical care = 20%

Aging was considered as a control factor.

One future consideration is the states that allow employer or employee medical control.

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