Estimating Under-Claiming of Compensable Workplace Injuries in Alberta, Canada

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ID11967391
AuthorsBob Barnetson (Athabasca University, corresponding author), Jason Foster (0000-0002-3683-5101, Athabasca University), Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull (0000-0003-4893-9423, Alberta Workers’ Health Centre, Edmonton, Alberta)
Year2018
Volume44
Issue4
Pages400-410
Publication date2018-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.2018-014
OpenAlexW2904266847
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited44

This study confirms and refines prior estimates of under-claiming of workers’ compensation benefits and suggests that under-claiming negatively affects the utility of workers’ compensation data in injury prevention efforts. A 2017 online poll ( N = 2,000) queried the injury and workers’ compensation experiences of Alberta workers. Approximately 21.5 percent of respondents reported at least one work-related injury in the previous 12 months, of which 41.8 percent were disabling injuries. Only 31 percent of workers with disabling injuries filed a workers’ compensation claim. Under-claiming was more common among women, non-unionized workers, and workers facing relatively fewer hazards

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