The association of compensation on longer term health status for people with musculoskeletal injuries following road traffic crashes: Emergency department inception cohort study

Prognostic indicators of social outcomes in persons who sustained an injury in a road traffic crash

“…First, we only included participants drawn from a compensation system database, which potentially leads to selection bias and limits opportunities to generalize the results. Specifically, compensable persons do not represent the broader injury population, as previous studies have observed poorer outcomes in compensable compared to non-compensable participants [33]. Second, the absolute number of participants who had e.g.…”

Attributions of responsibility and recovery within a no-fault insurance compensation system.

“…Further, compensation's effect on postinjury outcomes has not been the primary purpose of most studies used as evidence to quantify its impact (Harris et al, 2005), rendering the analysis of compensation's effects largely to simple comparisons between "compensable" and "noncompensable" groups. These themes were recognized by Littleton et al (2011) who reported that, although compensable status in their study of people with musculoskeletal injuries arising from road accidents demonstrated poorer health status at follow-up, it was not possible to determine whether this effect was due to claiming compensation itself, or the presence of other unmeasured factors associated with compensable status.…”

Associations with legal representation in a compensation setting 12 months after injury

“…Whilst previous studies have reported an association between lawyer involvement and poorer outcomes [12,13,23], some have found no association [6,24] and the extent to which this relationship is causal is less clear [15]. The group with lawyer involvement at 12 months post injury were those who presented with worse health, work disability and a lower socioeconomic profile at claim notification.…”