Integrating Group Health and Workers’ Compensation Medical Care
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This factsheet describes findings from a pilot project conducted in 2006-08 to integrate medical care for unionized janitorial workers in California. The principal participants were the workers’ union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1877, and a major janitorial employer, DMS Facility Services. Collaborating organizations included Kaiser Permanente, workers’ compensation insurers, and workers’ compensation brokers. The project was managed by the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation and the University of California, Berkeley’s Survey Research Center and Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Partial support was provided by a grant from the California HealthCare Foundation. What Is Integrated Health Care?
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تاریخ انتشار 2008