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Problem: The U.S. government's annual workers' compensation tab for work-related injuries and illnesses incurred by its civilian labor force has been substantial, totaling US$2 billion in 2000. To control these costs, federal agencies rely primarily on annual or prevalence-based cost accounting to evaluate the effectiveness of injury prevention efforts. Since most of the annual bill is for the older,...
Problem: Federal agencies primarily depend on summary figures presented in their annual workers' compensation bill to assess current safety and cost containment efforts at their facilities. These figures represent payments for a mix of active cases originating in different prior accident years and can confound this assessment. Method: An incidence-based approach can be used to analyze data in a manner...
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