Regional Differences in Time Off Work After Injury: A Comparison of Australian States and Territories Within A Single Workers ’ Compensation System

Conclusions Regional factors influence disability duration, which persist with adjustment for demographic, work, insurer type, and injury confounders. However, the effects are inconsistently significant and fairly small, especially when compared to the effect of confounders and system effects found in previous studies. Regional factors likely only account for a small share of the difference in disability duration between compensation systems.
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research