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Workers' Compensation Outcomes Differ Little at Self-Insured and Insured Firms: Raising Questions About Adequacy and Equity of Benefits
Jan 1, 2001
An Evaluation of New Mexico Workers' Compensation Permanent Partial Disability and Return to Work
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Examines post-injury employment, earnings losses, and the adequacy and equity of benefits for New Mexicans with permanent partial disabilities, and compares the results to workers injured in four other states.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Background on Workers' Compensation in New Mexico
Chapter Three
Measuring Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates
Chapter Four
Adequacy of Benefits: Results on Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates in New Mexico
Chapter Five
Equity of Benefits: Differences in Replacement Rates Across Groups of Workers
Chapter Six
Comparing New Mexico PPD Outcomes with PPD Outcomes in Other States
Chapter Seven
Return to Work for Lost-Time Claims in New Mexico and Comparison States
Chapter Eight
Conclusions
Appendix
Data Used in This Study
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Format:Reville, Robert T., Leslie I. Boden, Jeff E. Biddle, and Christopher Mardesich, An Evaluation of New Mexico Workers' Compensation Permanent Partial Disability and Return to Work. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2001. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1414.html. Also available in print form.
Reville, Robert T., Leslie I. Boden, Jeff E. Biddle, and Christopher Mardesich, An Evaluation of New Mexico Workers' Compensation Permanent Partial Disability and Return to Work, RAND Corporation, MR-1414-ICJ, 2001. As of May 31, 2023: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1414.html