TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Workers’ Compensation A1 - LaDou, Joseph A2 - LaDou, Joseph A2 - Harrison, Robert J. PY - 2021 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 6e 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 receives immediate medical care, and that the injured worker also receives 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 CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180874165 ER -