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Do Zero-Cost Workers' Compensation Medical Claims Really Have Zero Costs? The Impact of Workplace Injury on Group Health Insurance Utilization and Costs
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Asfaw, Abay Rosa, Roger Mao, Rebecca |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Journal: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine Objective: Previous research suggests that non–workers' compensation (WC) insurance systems, such as group health insurance (GHI), Medicare, or Medicaid, at least partially cover work-related injury and illness costs. This study further examined GHI utilization and costs. Methods: Using two-part model, we compared those outcomes immediately after injuries for which accepted WC medical claims made zero or positive medical payments. Results: Controlling for pre-injury GHI utilization and costs and other covariates, our results indicated that post-injury GHI utilization and costs increased regardless of whether a WC medical claim was zero or positive. The increases were highest for zero-cost WC medical claims. Conclusion: Our national estimates showed that zero-cost WC medical claims alone could cost the GHI $212 million per year. |
| Related Links | http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4504204?pdf=render https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504204/pdf |
| Ending Page | 1400 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 1394 |
| ISSN | 10762752 |
| e-ISSN | 15365948 |
| DOI | 10.1097/jom.0000000000000030 |
| Journal | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 55 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publisher Date | 2013-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine Utilization and Costs |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
