The long-term care industry's booming growth is being accompanied by a high level of worker injuries, a study by the National Council on Compensation Insurance has found.

According to the research by the Boca Raton, Fla.-based data collection and comp rate advisory firm, injury frequency and total losses per worker for all long-term care industries is higher than other business sectors.

Average injury frequency from 1993-2005 at nursing home facilities and retirement living centers is more than double the private industry average, while frequency for home health care services is 17 percent higher than average, NCCI said.

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