An evaluation of California's permanent disability rating system /
[Book]
Robert T. Reville [and others].
Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Institute for Civil Justice,
2005.
xxxii, 138 pages :
illustrations ;
26 cm
"Prepared for the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138).
Introduction -- A framework for analyzing permanent partial disability -- Evaluating and rating permanent disabilities in California -- Evaluation of chronic pain for workers' compensation -- Evaluation of targeting of disability ratings in California -- Additional criteria for adjusting disability ratings -- Evaluating the consistency of disability ratings in California -- Conclusions.
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California's disability rating system has been criticized as being inconsistent and prone to promote disputes over the appropriate level of permanent disability benefits. This monograph follows an earlier interim briefing on California's permanent disability rating schedule. The authors provide a systematic evaluation of the ratings system that was used prior to the state's 2004 workers' compensation reform efforts. Among other analyses, they examine the extent to which workers with higher disability ratings experience higher earnings losses.
Disability evaluation-- Law and legislation-- California.
People with disabilities-- Government policy-- California.
Disability evaluation-- Law and legislation.
LAW-- Civil Law.
People with disabilities-- Government policy.
California.
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Reville, Robert T.
California., Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation.