Return to Work Studies

Research Shows Fast Return to Work is Best.; Nighswonger, Todd; Occupational Hazards 62.12 (Dec. 2000): 26

Workplace-Based Return-to-Work Interventions: A Systematic Review of the Quantitative Literature; Franche RL, et al.; The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) Workplace-Based RTW Intervention Literature Review Research Team. Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Canada.

Improving return to work outcomes. Formalizing the process; Wassel, M.L., Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

Evaluating patients for return to work; Wyman, D.O.; 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan.

A Review of Health-Related Work Outcome Measures and Their Uses, and Recommended Measures; Amick, B.C, et al.; Spine, 25, #24, (2000), 3152-3160

Empowering Employees to Manage Their Own Return to Work; Armentano, Vincent; Risk Management Magazine 48.11, November 1, 2001

Reducing Disability Days: Healing More Than the Injury; Christian, Jennifer; Journal of Workers' Compensation 9.2 (Winter 2000): 30-55

Doctor Proactive Communication, Return-to-work Recommendation and Duration of Disability After a Worker's Compensation Low - Back Injury; Dasinger, Lisa K., et al.; Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43.6 (June 2001): 515-525

Perception differences between goups of employees identifying the factors that influence a return to work after a work-related musculoskeletal injury; Fisher, Thomas F.; Work, 21 (2003), 211-220

Preventing Disability from Work-related Low-back Pain; Frank, John W., et al.; Canadian Medical Association Journal 158 .12 (June, 1998): 1625-1631

Determinants of Duration of Disability and Return-to-Work After Work-Related Injury and Illness: Challenges for Future Research; Krause, N., et.al.; American Journal of Industrial Medicine 40 (2001): 464-484

Early Intervention Can Speed Employees' Return to Work; Martin, M.; Occupational Hazards July 2001

Returning to Work Through Job Accommodation; Mueller, J. L.; American Association of Occupational 1 Health Nurses Journal 47.3 (March 1999): 120-131

Give Injured Workers a Reason to Return; Rippens, P.; Best's Review (January 2001)

Treating physicians' perceptions of barriers to return to work of their patients in Southern Ontario; Schweigert, M. K., et al.; Occupational Medicine, 2004: 54; 425-429

Return to Work Dynamics: A Perspective on the Three R's; Vierling, L. E.; Topics in Case Management (January/February 2001): 46-49

Principle Cost Drivers by State; Dr. Richard A. Victor, Dr. John A Gardner, Carol A. Telles, and Gretchen A. Moss

Workers’ Compensation Success Stories; Dr. Richard A. Victor, Editor. July 2003

Return-to-work Outcomes of Injured Workers: Evidence from California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Texas; Sharon Fox, Philip Borba, Te-Chun Liu. May 2005

What Are the Most Important Factors Shaping Return to Work? Dr. Monica Galizzi and Dr. Lesley I Boden. October 1996)

California Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Department of Industrial Relations. Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 2001 Data, 2003

State Report Cards for Workers’ Compensation. Published by the Work Loss Institute