A study, including some surprising data about amputations, hasdetermined that workers' compensations claims for medical coststhat become costlier lost time claims with indemnity payments mostoften involve older employees.

The research by the National Council on Compensation Insurancealso found that the percentage of medical claims converting intolost time claims varies greatly among the states and that more than20 percent of amputations never become lost time claims.

John Robertson one of the authors of the report, said the dataon amputations was somewhat of a surprise. According to the NCCIdata, 21 percent of all amputation claims stayed medical only.

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