Workers' Compensation by State: Assessing the Burden of Workers' Compensation byBusiness Size

摘要

The objective of the study was twofold. One was to assess the burden of workers'compensation by business size, with an emphasis of how medical costs may have affected that burden. The other was to provide estimates of premium and claims payments by state that would allow for making those assessments. A secondary purpose of this report was to summarize state laws on workers' compensation claims. The estimates in this study are derived from a variety of sources, including: the National Council on Compensation Insurance Detailed Claim Information data base; the Current Population Survey March Supplements for 1989-1993 data from A.M. Best; and state data from the Social Security Administration and Health Care Financing Review.