WCRI: Wide Variation in Return to Work, Satisfaction with Care

BOSTON -- If returning injured workers to their jobs is the objective of workers' compensation, some state systems are twice as effective as others, according to prelimary findings presented Thursday during the Workers' Compensation Research Institute's annual conference. WCRI researchers Bogdan Savych and Vennela Thumula interviewed 400 workers in 15 states who had experienced at least seven days of lost work time three years after an injury: 6,000 interviews altogether. The injured workers were asked to give their views on whether they had a "substantial" return to...