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Workers' compensation needs better healthcare - Part 2

Dr Mary Wyatt

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In Workers’ compensation needs better health care – Part I, I explored the factors that contribute to poorer health outcomes when a person receives compensation for their injury or illness. Now I want to explore what might be done to bring about constructive change. Over-treatment and comparatively slow recovery are long standing issues within workers’ compensation. Over the last few decades there have been various attempts to...

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Published 20 April, 2021 | Updated 20 April, 2021