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Step-downs reduce workers’ compensation payments to encourage return to work. Are they effective?

2019-11-19

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<h4>Objective</h4> To determine whether step-downs, which cut the rate of compensation paid to injured workers after they have been on benefits for several months, are effective as a return to work incentive. <h4>Methods</h4> We aggregated administrative claims data from seven Australian workers’ compensation systems to calculate weekly scheme exit rates, a proxy for return to work. Jurisdictions were further subd...

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Literature Corpus work: 4f61aa48-94f5-5def-b0ab-702ce81d0746
DOI: 10.1101/19012286

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