Glossary
- Control Group:
- Either non-claimants or claimants who filed claims for medical
benefits only
- Indemnity Payments:
- Payments made to injured workers or their dependents
when an injury resulting in a disability (or death) occurs
- Industry:
- The type(s) service the business provided or product(s) it
produced in 2004
- Medical Billings:
- The total amount of medical expenses submitted to
Workers’ Compensation for payment
- Medical Payments:
- The amount of medical expenses actually paid by Workers’
Compensation
- Nominal Dollars:
- The amount of money actually spent which ignores value
changes due to inflation
- Occupation:
- The type of job the claimant performed for the business
where the Workers’ Compensation claimed injury occurred in 2004
- Person Employed at Any Time:
- Individuals who worked for a business covered
by Workers’ Compensation and Unemployment Insurance during 2004
- Primary Employer Workers’ Compensation Coverage:
- Whether the worker’s
primary employer was covered by Workers’ Compensation insurance. Most
employers carry both Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation Insurance
- Primary Employer:
- The employer who paid the worker the most wages during
2004
- Real Dollars:
- The amount of money spent relative to a certain time,
e.g. a dollar today has less value than a dollar last year
- Tenure with Primary Employer:
- The number of consecutive quarters since
first quarter 1992 in which a person was paid wages by the primary employer
allowing for breaks of three or fewer quarters
- Treatment Group:
- Either the universe 2004 Workers’ Compensation claimants
or more severely injured claimants depending upon the level of analysis
- Wage Replacement:
- The difference between wages earned by a non-claimant
and the sum of wages earned by claimants plus their indemnity payments