EditorialEvaluation of a compensation claims management intervention for improving recovery from traumatic injury
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Conflict of interest
The authors (AC, BG and MF) receive research grant funding from the Transport Accident Commission.
Acknowledgments
The evaluation is supported by funding from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) via the Institute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR).
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2014, InjuryCitation Excerpt :Key strategies being implemented by the TAC include simpler claims lodgment, faster claims approval, and more timely provision of service approvals, as well as a more patient-centred focus of claims management (David Attwood and Natalie McColl, TAC, personal communication). Given the issues raised by participants in our study, these changes should reduce the financial burden on TAC compensable patients, and processes have been put in place to evaluate the impact of these changes.[30] This large qualitative study of trauma patients’ perceptions of care provides important insights into the issues faced by injured participants, and contributes to our understanding of the economic impacts of injury, groups at risk of financial burden, and areas for improvement in service provision.
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