duration of benefit

Republicans would reduce the maximum duration of benefits to 59 weeks, from the current 99.

Another is uncertainty about the duration of benefit because the first patient was treated only 10 months ago.

Given these special circumstances, the duration of benefits should be temporarily extended.

The duration of benefit averages 10-12 weeks before the patient returns to baseline.

The relatively low level and short duration of benefits - and experience rating - partly account for our lower unemployment rate.

The average duration of benefits in New York, he said, was more than three weeks longer than the national average of 14.3 weeks.

Business lobbyists say capping the duration of benefits will give injured workers greater incentive to pursue rehabilitation and retraining and to return to work.

Beyond making sure that states do not run out of money to pay unemployment compensation, Mr. O'Neill said, "we're looking at the duration of benefits."

Benefits in most developed economies (except South Africa) are set at 60 percent or more of previous earnings, and durations of benefits are longer.

But because the duration of benefit is unknown and raloxifene can produce unwanted effects, experts cautioned against recommending it as an anti-breast-cancer drug except in clinical trials.

The low level of benefits, about 35 percent of what workers were earning at their last jobs, and the limited duration of benefits also result from relegation to the states.

Peter Pope, the governor's director of policy, estimated that the proposed limits on the duration of benefits would yield savings of $500 million a year, even with the higher maximums.

Premiums are based on such factors as the age of the policyholder, the amount purchased, the waiting period before coverage begins, the length of the disability and the duration of benefit payments.

Mrs. Washam at Community Home Health Care said welfare recipients with similar attitudes were in for a rude awakening once limits were placed on the duration of benefits.

The technique has been tried on several patients with Tourette's, but it is still highly experimental, with no data yet on its overall effectiveness, possible complications, side effects or duration of benefit.