Step-downs reduce workers' compensation payments to encourage return to work: are they effective? - Lane TJ, Sheehan L, Gray SE, Beck D, Collie A.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether step-downs, which cut the rate of compensation paid to injured workers after they have been on benefits for several months, are effective as a return to work incentive. METHODS: We aggregated administrative claims da...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news