NU Online News Service, June 19 2:41 p.m. EDT
Indemnity benefit duration of obese workers' compensation claimants is over five times longer than non-obese claimants, a new study says.
The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it compared obese claims to comparable non-obese claims, matching all claim characteristics exactly except for age at injury. The matching claims were then analyzed using a model that accounts for the possible nonlinear influence of age.
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