TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Workers' Compensation A1 - LaDou, Joseph A1 - Craner, James A2 - LaDou, Joseph A2 - Harrison, Robert J. Y1 - 2013 N1 - T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104100394 ER -