Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: This thesis aims to examine the association between compensation status and outcome after injury.In some areas of health care practice, it is commonly believed that patients treated under compensation schemes, such as worker's compensation or third party compensation, have poor outcomes compared to uncompensated patients, and that this association holds regardless of the outcome measure used (such as pain, physical function, or mental well being).The negative association between compensation and outcome after injury has led some to suggest that the compensation system is iatrogenic. 1 2 This stands in contrast with the general aim of compensation systems: to benefit those who have been injured.As the literature review will show, many aspects of this association have been studied, usually with varying results.Despite the proposal of numerous theories to explain the mechanism of the association, and, alternatively, attempts to explain any association by attributing it to methodological flaws or bias within the studies, the association remains poorly understood.Despite many studies relating to this subject, there is no consensus regarding the presence of, or mechanism for, any effect that compensation may have on health outcomes.This poor understanding is
Author: Ian A. Harris
Language: English
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1543120362