School of Law, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2012 Jun;55(6):487-505. doi: 10.1002/ajim.21034. Epub 2012 Jan 23.
Previous studies suggest that many persons with disabilities caused by work do not receive workers' compensation benefits.
Data from surveys of persons with disabilities were used to estimate the proportion of disability due to work-related injuries and diseases. Studies examining the proportion of workers with work-related disability who received workers' compensation benefits were reviewed. Legal and other factors explaining the lack of receipt of workers' compensation benefits were examined.
Many workers with disabilities caused by work do not receive workers' compensation benefits. The obstacles to compensation include increasingly restrictive rules for compensability in many state workers' compensation programs.
A substantial proportion of persons with work-related disabilities do not receive workers' compensation benefits. The solutions to this problem, such as providing healthcare to workers regardless of the source of injuries or diseases, are complicated and controversial, and will be difficult to implement.
先前的研究表明，许多由工作引起的残疾人士并未获得工伤保险赔偿。
利用残疾人士调查数据来估计因工作相关伤害和疾病导致残疾的比例。综述了研究工作相关残疾的工人获得工伤保险赔偿比例的文献。还研究了造成无法获得工伤保险赔偿的法律和其他因素。
许多由工作引起的残疾工人未获得工伤保险赔偿。赔偿障碍包括许多州的工伤保险计划中对可赔偿性的规定日益受限。
相当一部分工作相关残疾人士未获得工伤保险赔偿。解决这一问题的办法，例如向工人提供医疗保健，而不论伤害或疾病的来源如何，较为复杂且颇具争议，难以付诸实施。
