An employer's choice of a medical provider for an injured worker impacts both the treatment cost and the length of time the employee is off the job, according to two study groups.
The report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers' Compensation Research Institute and the Public Policy Institute of California in San Francisco finds a variety of outcomes for injured workers influenced by provider choice.
Besides duration of time out of work, the researchers said the provider influenced such issues as full return to work, the worker's perception of the degree of recovery from the work injury, and their overall satisfaction with the health care received.
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