TY - BOOK AU - Hunt,H.Allan AU - Dillender,Marcus ED - Project Muse. TI - Workers' Compensation : : Analysis for Its Second Century / T2 - WE focus series SN - 9780880995313 PY - 2017/// CY - Kalamazoo PB - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research KW - Workers' compensation KW - fast KW - Industrial safety KW - HEALTH & FITNESS KW - Work-Related Health KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Insurance KW - Risk Assessment & Management KW - Travail KW - Accidents KW - Indemnisation KW - États-Unis KW - Securite du travail KW - United States KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Introduction -- Benefit adequacy and equity -- The challenge of return to work in workers' compensation -- Workers' compensation and incentives for preventing injuries -- Conclusion; Open Access N2 - "H. Allan Hunt and Marcus Dillender provide a succinct analysis of the state of WC programs in North America by focusing on three key performance issues: 1) the adequacy of compensation for those disabled in the workplace, 2) return-to-work performance for injured workers, and 3) prevention of disabling injury and disease. Following a brief introductory chapter that provides a discussion of the difficulties of trying to compare so many diverse programs, Hunt and Dillender devote a chapter to each of the three performance issues and provide empirical findings and useful guidance for policymakers"--Publisher's description UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/52043/ ER -