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Medical marijuana and workers' compensation claiming.

Health Economics, 2020
We study the effect of state medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on workers' compensation (WC) claiming among adults. Medical marijuana is plausibly related to WC claiming by allowing improved symptom management, and thus reduced need for the benefit, among ...
Keshar M Ghimire, J. Maclean
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Heat related illness among workers in Washington State: A descriptive study using workers' compensation claims, 2006-2017.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2020
BACKGROUND Heat related illness (HRI) places a significant burden on the health and safety of working populations and its impacts will likely increase with climate change.
Martell Hesketh, S. Wuellner, A. Robinson, Darrin A. Adams, Caroline K Smith, D. Bonauto   +5 more
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Scoping review of claimants' experiences within Australian workers' compensation systems.

Australian Health Review, 2019
Objective The aim of this scoping review was to map the literature on the lived experiences of injured workers in Australia in order to better understand the factors that inhibit the transition back to work and improved health.
A. Dean, M. Matthewson, Melissa Buultjens, G. Murphy   +3 more
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Spine Surgery Outcomes in Workers' Compensation Patients.

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2017
Occupational spine injuries place a substantial burden on employees, employers, and the workers' compensation system. Both temporary and permanent spinal conditions contribute substantially to disability and lost wages.
Alan H. Daniels, Eren O. Kuris, Dominic T. Kleinhenz, M. Palumbo   +3 more
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Workers' Compensation, Return to Work, and Lumbar Fusion for Spondylolisthesis.

Orthopedics, 2016
Lumbar fusion for spondylolisthesis is associated with consistent outcomes in the general population. However, workers' compensation is a risk factor for worse outcomes.
Joshua T. Anderson, Arnold R. Haas, Rick Percy, Stephen T. Woods, U. Ahn, N. Ahn   +5 more
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The Effect of Workers' Compensation Status on Outcomes of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Comparative, Observational Study.

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2016
BACKGROUND Receiving Workers' Compensation benefits has been associated with inferior outcomes after lumbar fusion. The purpose of our study was to compare the outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty between patients receiving and those not receiving ...
M. Gornet, F. Schranck, A. Copay, B. Kopjar   +3 more
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Workers' compensation: poor quality health care and the growing disability problem in the United States.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2015
The proportion of working age citizens permanently removed from the workforce has dramatically increased over the past 30 years, straining both Federal and State disability systems designed as a safety net to protect them.
G. Franklin, T. Wickizer, Norma B. Coe, D. Fulton-Kehoe   +3 more
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Outcomes after hip arthroscopy in patients with workers' compensation claims.

Orthopedics, 2015
Patients with a workers' compensation claim have been shown to have inferior outcomes after various orthopedic procedures. In hip arthroscopy, good to excellent results have been shown in the athletic and prearthritic population in short-term and long ...
J. Salvo, S. Hammoud, R. Flato, Nicole M. Sgromolo, E. Mendelsohn   +4 more
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Return to Work After Diskogenic Fusion in Workers' Compensation Subjects.

Orthopedics, 2015
Lumbar fusion for degenerative disk disease (DDD) is associated with variable clinical outcomes. Patients with workers' compensation claims often have worse fusion outcomes than the general population. Few studies have evaluated the risk factors for poor
Joshua T. Anderson, Arnold R. Haas, Rick Percy, Stephen T. Woods, U. Ahn, N. Ahn   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source