Back to Search
Start Over
The Association Between Time Taken to Report, Lodge, and Start Wage Replacement and Return-to-Work Outcomes.
- Source :
-
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine [J Occup Environ Med] 2018 Jul; Vol. 60 (7), pp. 622-630. - Publication Year :
- 2018
-
Abstract
- Objective: The aim of the study was to determine if prolonged times taken to notify, file, adjudicate, and start wage replacement for workers' compensation claims are associated with poorer return-to-work (RTW) outcomes.<br />Methods: Using 71,607 claims lodged 2007 to 2012, logistic regression determined associations between time to claim filing, adjudication, and payment and (1) socio-demographic/economic, occupational, and injury-related factors; and (2) 52 weeks of wage replacement (WR).<br />Results: Prolonged times for all processing steps were associated with increased odds of reaching 52 weeks of WR. Prolonged times in more than one step increased the odds of a long-term claim. Being female was the only variable consistently associated with each prolonged processing time.<br />Conclusions: The predictive ability of prolonged times in claim lodgement and processing and compensation payments demonstrate that shorter claims management and adjudication times could improve RTW outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Disability Evaluation
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Sex Factors
Time Factors
Victoria
Young Adult
Insurance Claim Reporting statistics & numerical data
Insurance Claim Review statistics & numerical data
Return to Work statistics & numerical data
Workers' Compensation statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1536-5948
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29420332
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001294