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Workers’ compensation programs provide cash benefits, medical care, and rehabilitation services to workers who are temporarily or permanently disabled by work-related injuries or diseases.In workers’ compensation, a worker is disabled if he or she experiences an actual loss of earnings or a loss of earning capacity as a result of a work-related injury or disease.In 2007, the national total of $55...
BackgroundPrevious studies suggest that many persons with disabilities caused by work do not receive workers' compensation benefits.
MethodsData from surveys of persons with disabilities were used to estimate the proportion of disability due to work‐related injuries and diseases. Studies examining the proportion of workers with work‐related disability who received workers' compensation benefits were...
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