Managed care in workers' compensation plans

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• Personal Author:
  Peele PB ; Tollerud DJ
• Description:
  Workers' compensation plans have lagged behind most public and private health care plans in the adoption of managed care techniques. This is largely attributable to the underlying differences between workers' compensation and group health plans. Managed care techniques were developed within group health plans with the objective of health at the lowest cost. In workers' compensation, managed care must address a different objective--restoring a worker to health and productivity at the lowest cost. It is this fundamental difference that makes the application of managed care techniques to workers' compensation plans contentious and at times inappropriate. Research on the impact of managed care on the health and welfare of injured workers is sparse, and important questions remain about the appropriateness of care delivered under workers' compensation managed care plans. In this paper, we discuss the application of managed care to workers' compensation, and highlight the barriers to effective implementation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Insurance Employee-health Employment Employment Benefits Health-care Health Services Medical-services Medical-treatment Occupational-health-programs Occupational Health Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0163-7525
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• Volume:
  22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038129
• Citation:
  Annu Rev Public Health 2001 May; 22:1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Pamela B Peele, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, A649, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
• Email:
  peele@pitt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  Annual Review of Public Health
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:616b748da6b20e2b37081e588885595a1c2fdd9d255667e9070ef52f901a69dfb840b57cb2073929907135c45e014da23265c67a8e820d1352e35222b129f177
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191934/cdc_191934_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 139.70 KB ]