Handling Patients Can Cause Costly Comp Claims, Aon Reports

Health care workers experience a high rate of work-related injuries, and claims involving patient handling have the highest average total cost, at $14,100 per claim, according to a new report from Aon. The report further breaks down the patient-handling claims into sub-codes and finds that repositioning a patient in bed had the highest claim frequency, while preventing a patient from falling had the highest total cost. The findings are included in the fourth edition of Aon’s biennial Health Care Workers’ Compensation Barometer report, released this month. The report is based...