Alternative approaches for measuring duration of work disability after low back injury based on administrative workers' compensation data
American Journal of Industrial MedicinePublished 1 June 1999
Niklas Krause, Lisa K. Dasinger, Leo J. Deegan, Richard Brand, Linda Rudolph
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Commonly used administrative measures of lost workdays--time to first return to work and time on temporary disability--substantially underestimate the duration of work disability compared to measures based on all wage replacement benefits.
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Commonly used administrative measures of lost workdays--time to first return to work and time on temporary disability--substantially underestimate the duration of work disability compared to measures based on all wage replacement benefits.
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