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title: Does Industry Make a Difference? | Integrated Benefits Institute
description: Employers always search for valid information about how they compare within their industry on costs and lost-time durations in workers’ compensation and disability. The underlying question in this exploration is “Does industry really make a difference in benefits program results or are other factors more important?”
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# [Does Industry Make a Difference? | Integrated Benefits Institute](https://blog.ibiweb.org/blog/does-industry-make-a-difference)

 Written by [Integrated Benefits Institute](https://blog.ibiweb.org/blog/author/integrated-benefits-institute) | Nov 1, 2007 2:00:00 PM

Employers always search for valid information about how they compare within their industry on costs and lost-time durations in workers’ compensation and disability. The underlying question in this exploration is “Does industry really make a difference in benefits program results or are other factors more important?”

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