Racial and ethnic disparities in workers’ compensation claims rates

Caroline K. Smith; Sara Wuellner; Jennifer Marcum

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280307

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Racial and ethnic disparities in workers’ compensation claims rates

Caroline K. Smith ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Caroline.Smith@LNI.wa.gov

Affiliation Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Research Program, Olympia, Washington, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-5833

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Sara Wuellner,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Research Program, Olympia, Washington, United States of America
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Jennifer Marcum

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Research Program, Olympia, Washington, United States of America
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Racial and ethnic disparities in workers’ compensation claims rates

Caroline K. Smith,
Sara Wuellner,
Jennifer Marcum

Published: January 17, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280307

About the Authors

Caroline K. Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Caroline.Smith@LNI.wa.gov

Affiliation Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Research Program, Olympia, Washington, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-5833

Sara Wuellner

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Research Program, Olympia, Washington, United States of America

Jennifer Marcum

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Research Program, Olympia, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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