Care Management of Work Injuries: Results of a 1-Year Pilot Outcome Assurance Program
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 43 (11) , 959-968
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-200111000-00006
Abstract
A 1-year pilot study was conducted, linking the efforts of a workers’ compensation managed care organization with those of an occupational health clinic and emergency department to manage work-related injuries and associated work disability. Sustained (>90 day), injury-specific return-to-work outcomes, modified by job title, were compared with loosely managed and well-managed benchmarks. The mean return-to-work outcome, measured as lost workdays (LWDs), was 5.11 ± 21.0 LWDs for 418 workers. These results exceeded benchmarks for both loosely managed care, 14.0 ± 17.2 LWDs, P PKeywords
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