According to a 2013 NCCI report, the share of workers’ compensation claims with a comorbidity diagnosis nearly tripled from 2000 to 2009, growing from a share of 2.4 percent to 6.6 percent – and it continues to grow. A comorbidity is a preexisting health condition that may hinder an injured worker’s recovery. Examples include factors like obesity, hypertension, smoking and age. These comorbidity claims are also found to incur twice as much me

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