Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group

Workers' compensation report and studies

• Division of Workers' Compensation reports
• Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group Research Agenda
• Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group reports & studies
• Archived reports and studies (prior to 2020)

Also Available: Workers' Compensation publications & brochures | data calls 

Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group – Research Agenda

• FY 2025 | memo
• FY 2024 | memo
• FY 2023 | memo
• FY 2022
• FY 2021
• FY 2020

Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group - reports and studies

WC health care networks

• Workers' Compensation Network Report Card
  • 2024 | technical appendix | snapshot
  • 2022 | technical appendix | snapshot
  • 2021 | technical appendix | snapshot
  • 2020 | technical appendix | snapshot

Medical benefits/access to medical care

• Access to Medical Care in the Texas Workers' Compensation System
  • 2024 | snapshot
• Health Care Cost and Utilization in the Texas Workers' Compensation System
  • 2023 | snapshot

Pharmacy benefits

• Pharmacy Cost and Utilization in the Texas Workers' Compensation System | snapshot, September 2023

Return to work

• Return-to-Work Outcomes for Texas Injured Employees
  • 2023 | snapshot
  • 2020 | snapshot

COVID-19 in the Texas Workers' Compensation System 

• An Overview of COVID-19 Claims in the Texas Workers’ Compensation System | snapshot 11/10/22

Employer participation in the Texas Workers' Compensation System

• 2022 Estimates| snapshot

Utilization and Cost of Hospital/Institutional Services in the Texas Workers’ Compensation System

• 2022 | snapshot

Evaluation of Telemedicine Services in the Texas Workers’ Compensation System

• 2021 | snapshot

Biennial Report - Setting the Standard: An Analysis of the Impact of the 2005 Legislative Reforms on the Texas Workers' Compensation System

• 2020 | snapshot

Medical Necessity Dispute Resolution Trends

• 2021 | snapshot