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This suggests that mechanisms for poorer outcomes at 12 months may exist rather than differences in financial gain due to compensation entitlement.
To inform future interventions our findings, combined with strong theoretical grounds, indicate that other reasons, beyond differences in compensation entitlement, should be investigated to understand why workers with work-related injury have poorer recovery 12 months following injury.
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Recognition makes it easier to access rights such as discussing a partner's health information with a doctor in an emergency or when seeking compensation entitlements as a dependent partner.
According to guidelines set out by the American Medical Association AMAA) in its 4th and 5th edition, compensation entitlements for patients with low back pain were based in part, on the impairment of back movement [ 23, 24].
At 12 months our study observed poorer outcomes for workers, which does not support the commonly-raised explanation of financial gain (consequent to different compensation entitlements between workers and non-workers) as the reason for poorer outcomes among those injured in a work setting.
The scheme is privately underwritten and predominantly fault-based providing lump sum compensation for entitlements including economic and non-economic loss, and medical expenses.
The injuries sustained by this cohort were sufficient enough to potentially warrant at least 1 week of entitlement compensation.
Participants who were injured in the period June 2007 - May 2009were recruited from New Zealand's universal entitlement injury compensation scheme managed by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).
Poorer recovery outcomes for workers injured in a work setting, as opposed to a non-work setting, are commonly attributed to differences in financial gain via entitlement to compensation by injury setting (ie. workers compensation schemes).
Given that both injury settings compared in our study have the same entitlement to compensation and rehabilitation from New Zealand's universal accident compensation scheme, other possible mechanisms for poorer outcomes in workers with work-related injuries need to be considered.
Comparison of outcomes by injury setting, independent of differences in entitlement to compensation, allows for further insight into the workplace, healthcare and compensation rehabilitation system factors associated with work-related injury.
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