Medical claim costs for injured workers have increased faster than would be expected based on medical inflation rates alone, a workers' compensation data and statistics group has found.
The National Council on Compensation Insurance in Boca Raton, Fla., said major drivers were changes in methods of treatment and numbers of treatments.
Its study found that over the 1996/97 to 2001/02 period, the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index increased by 21 percent compared with an increase of 73 percent for paid medical severity on lost-time claims closed within 24 months of date of injury.
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