This article provides a brief history and background of workers' compensation programs for occupationally injured and ill workers in the United States. It presents the basic principle involved in workers' compensation and briefly discusses the disability benefits to which workers are generally entitled. It also discusses why there are settlements in this disability program and the availability ...

INTRODUCTION Previous authors have immobilized the injured hand or digits following cross finger flaps. PATIENTS AND METHODS About 3 years ago, the author adopted a protocol of immediate postoperative active and passive mobilization (without a splint) following cross finger flap surgery in industrial workers. The current study is a retrospective audit comparing postoperative complications and...

The authors examined whether early employer response to workplace injury affects injured workers' subsequent attitudes and mental health. At 1 month and 6 months postinjury, telephone surveys were conducted with 344 workers from Ontario, Canada, who had experienced a musculoskeletal lost-time workplace injury. One-month reports of initial supervisor reaction to the injury and the use of workpla...

BACKGROUND The care of injured workers with chronic pain remains an important public health issue given its increasing prevalence. The consequences often include loss of self-esteem and stress in family relationships. AIMS To report our interdisciplinary approach to the care of chronic pain disorder (CPD) and describe the predictors associated with a successful return to work (RTW). METHODS...

Workers' compensation insurance provides cash benefits and health care for workers who are injured on the job. This DataWatch considers the costs and benefits of combining the health insurance component of workers' compensation with universal health insurance, creating a twenty-four-hour coverage plan. The paper documents a large potential savings from twenty-four-hour coverage: Workers' compen...

Background: In spite of science and technology developments and their application in different industries, accidents occur in many work environments. Thus, this study was conducted in order to investigate factors affecting constructional accidents. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, all workers who were injured in building construction during 2009-2010 and were registered in t...

OBJECTIVE To document physicians' views about facilitating factors for and barriers to their helping workers recover after occupational soft-tissue injuries and to ascertain physicians' knowledge and attitudinal barriers to their involvement in return to work. DESIGN Faxed survey. SETTING Manitoba family practices and emergency departments. PARTICIPANTS General practitioners, family physi...

BACKGROUND Biopsychosocially informed education is associated with improved back pain beliefs and positive changes in health care practitioners' practice behaviours. OBJECTIVE Assess the effect of this type of education for insurance workers who are important non-clinical stakeholders in the rehabilitation of injured workers. METHODS Insurance workers operating in the Western Australian wor...

AIMS To develop a model of prognosis for time receiving workers' compensation wage replacement benefits in the first year. METHODS A prospective cohort of 907 injured workers off work because of soft tissue injuries was followed for one year through structured telephone interviews and administrative data sources. Workers were recruited at workers' compensation claim registration. Only those s...