ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2020
The Impact of Income Sources on Financial Stress in Workers' Compensation Claimants.
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- Wellbeing After Finalization of a Workers' Compensation Claim: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Transition between social protection systems for workers with long term health problems: A controlled retrospective cohort study.SSM - population health · 2023Article
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- The Generative Mechanisms of Financial Strain and Financial Well-Being: A Critical Realist Analysis of Ideology and Difference.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Review
- Associations between workers' compensation and self-harm: A retrospective case-series study of hospital admissions data.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- Factors associated with long term work incapacity following a non-catastrophic road traffic injury: analysis of a two-year prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The relationship between work disability and subsequent suicide or self-harm: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of Work Loss on Mental and Physical Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Baseline Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Prognostic Factors for Staying at Work for Partially Sick-Listed Workers with Subjective Health Complaints: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Predicting return to work after long-term sickness absence with subjective health complaints: a prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeWorkers' compensation schemes usually recompense workers below their regular wage. This may cause financial stress, which has previously been associated with poorer health and work outcomes after injury. We sought to determine the level of financial stress experienced by injured workers and the influence of post-injury income source on financial stress.
methodsAnalysis of a cross-sectional national survey of 4532 adults who had been injured at work and had at least one day of workers' compensation paid. Financial stress at time of survey was measured on a scale of 1-10 and subsequently dichotomised at the top quartile for further analysis. The effect of current main income source on financial stress, adjusted for demographic and psychosocial confounders, was assessed using logistic regression.
resultsSixty-nine percent of workers whose main income was social assistance or insurance and 54% whose main income was workers' compensation were experiencing financial stress. Relative to wages or salaries, workers with a main income from social assistance or insurance (odds ratio: 3.33, 95% CI 2.22-5.00) and workers' compensation (1.71, 1.31-2.24) had higher odds of financial stress. Workers with a main income of an aged pension or superannuation had lower odds of financial stress (0.52, 0.28-0.97).
conclusionInjured workers receiving workers' compensation or social assistance benefits are vulnerable to increased financial stress. Given the potential negative consequences of financial stress on health, particularly mental health, this study suggests the need for careful consideration of income replacement benefits in the design of workers' compensation schemes.
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