Factors Improving Outcomes in Workers ’ Compensation
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Costs for workers’ compensation benefits in California have increased sharply in recent years, following periods of decline and stability. California was already one of the most expensive states for total costs per injured worker and for a number of types of testing and treatment in the midto late 1990s. For example, a series of multi-state studies revealed that California has the second highest workers’ compensation costs among the comparison states (twice the cost of the lower cost states). These data raise several questions:
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