Titre du document / Document title

Managing workers' compensation costs in the military setting: The Army's story

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

CLOEREN Marianne ; MALLON Timothy M. ;

Résumé / Abstract

Direct and indirect costs for the Army's workers' compensation payments have increased to more than $2 billion. Increasing attention is putting the spotlight on the problems at all levels, and a promising cooperative approach to injury prevention and case management is emerging. This article addresses the system within which the Army's workers' compensation program operates, provides some organizational history, gives an update on current status, and describes what is needed for sustained improvement. The onus is on the Army to develop and implement strategies that use available data to target high-risk occupations and employees to prevent accidents, injuries, and illnesses. Front-line managers bear the responsibility for educating the workforce and providing safe work places. Employees become the beneficiaries, not of medical and compensation benefits but of safe and healthy work environments.

Revue / Journal Title

Clinics in occupational and environmental medicine   ISSN 1526-0046   CODEN COEMDB 

Source / Source

2004, vol. 4, n^o2 [13 page(s) (article)], [Note(s): vii, 323-339 [13 p.]]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, ETATS-UNIS  (2001) (Revue)

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 27442, 35400011365377.0070