Determining return to work in a compensation setting: A review of New South Wales workplace rehabilitation service provider referrals over 5 years

Work ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petrina P. Casey ◽  
Lynette Guy ◽  
Ian D. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Workplace Rehabilitation

Health and return to work in the first two years following road traffic injury: a comparison of outcomes between compensation claimants in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia

Injury ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 2199-2208
Author(s):  
Melita J Giummarra ◽  
Darnel Murgatroyd ◽  
Yvonne Tran ◽  
Sam Adie ◽  
Rajat Mittal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
South Wales

scholarly journals Rates, costs, return to work and reoperation following spinal surgery in a workers’ compensation cohort in New South Wales, 2010–2018: a cohort study using administrative data

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
AM Lewin ◽  
M Fearnside ◽  
R Kuru ◽  
BP Jonker ◽  
JM Naylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Spinal Surgery ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Surgery Rates ◽  
Reoperation Rates

Abstract Background Internationally, elective spinal surgery rates in workers’ compensation populations are high, as are reoperation rates, while return-to-work rates following spinal surgery are low. Little information is available from Australia. The aim of this study was to describe the rates, costs, return to work and reoperation following elective spinal surgery in the workers’ compensation population in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Methods This retrospective cohort study used administrative data from the State Insurance Regulatory Authority, the government organisation responsible for regulating and administering workers’ compensation insurance in NSW. These data cover all workers’ compensation-insured workers in New South Wales (over 3 million workers/year). We identified a cohort of insured workers who underwent elective spinal surgery (fusion or decompression) between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2018. People who underwent surgery for spinal fracture or dislocation, or who had sustained a traumatic brain injury were excluded. The main outcome measures were annual spinal surgery rates, cost of the surgical episode, cumulative costs (surgical, hospital, medical and physical therapy) to 2 years post-surgery, and reoperation and return-to-work rates 2 years post-surgery. Results There were 9343 eligible claims (39.1 % fusion; 59.9 % decompression); claimants were predominantly male (75 %) with a mean age of 43 (range 18 to 75) years. Spinal surgery rates ranged from 15 to 29 surgeries per 100,000 workers per year, fell from 2011-12 to 2014-15 and rose thereafter. The average cost in Australian dollars for a surgical episode was $46,000 for a spinal fusion and $20,000 for a decompression. Two years post-fusion, only 19 % of people had returned to work at full capacity; 39 % after decompression. Nineteen percent of patients underwent additional spinal surgery within 2 years of the index surgery, to a maximum of 5 additional surgeries. Conclusion Rates of workers’ compensation-funded spinal surgery did not rise significantly during the study period, but reoperation rates are high and return-to-work rates are low in this population at 2 years post- surgery. In the context of the poor evidence base supporting lumbar fusion surgery, the high cost, increasing rates, and the increased likelihood of poor outcomes in the workers’ compensation population, we question the value of this procedure in this setting.

Application of a Systems Approach to the Rehabilitation Assessment of Clients with an Occupational Stress-Related Injury

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie Nowland
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
New South ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Case Managers ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Individual Assessment

Occupational stress has become a critical issue for many organisations and individuals in terms of costs to productivity and health. Effective rehabilitation intervention can markedly reduce these costs, yet a successful return to work is often fraught with difficulty due to the plethora of issues contained under the heading of occupational stress. An approach to case analysis and individual assessment has been developed in New South Wales, Australia to assist case managers employed by the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service in the provision of efficacious rehabilitation programs, with the focus on return to work, for individuals with occupational stress.

Practices and Processes Used in the Return to Work of Injured New South Wales nurses: Are These Consistent With RTW Best Practice Principles?

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Carole James ◽  
Michelle Antoine ◽  
Maya Guest ◽  
Darren Rivett ◽  
Ashley Kable
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales
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