NU Online News Service, Sept. 20, 1:30 p.m. EDT

A new study says rising workers' compensation premiums are more closely associated with decreases in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds rather than higher claims payments, an assertion challenged by an industry association.

The study was released by the University of California's UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy Research, which conducts research on health-care access, delivery, costs, outcomes and policy.

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