Summary
The information on medical benefits: description of benefits include (1) limits on amount or duration of benefits; (2) the choice of the treating physician by the employer or worker; (3) regulation of medical fees, and (4) the supervision of medical care by state workers’ compensation agencies. The evaluations include brief examinations of the adequacy of coverage of injuries and diseases and the debate over physician choice.
Subjects:
Medical Benefits
Citation:
C. Arthur Williams and Peter S. Barth, “Medical Care Benefits,” Chapter 10 in Compendium on Workmen’s Compensation (Washington, DC: National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws, 1973.)