RT Book, Section A1 LaDou, Joseph A1 Craner, James A2 LaDou, Joseph A2 Harrison, Robert J. SR Print(0) ID 1104100394 T1 Workers' Compensation T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e YR 2013 FD 2013 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071808156 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104100394 RD 2024/04/25 AB Virtually every industrialized country provides legislated entitlements to workers or their survivors to assist them in the event of an occupational injury or illness. Workers' compensation systems are designed to ensure that the injured worker not only receives immediate medical care, but also prompt but limited benefits to replace lost wages. Workers' compensation provides only part of the entitlement, with the rest—particularly for long-term disability, contributed indirectly through the country's social security system. Workers' compensation insurance assigns sure and predictable, “no-fault” liability to the employer.