Does injury compensation lead to worse health after whiplash? A systematic review

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1274-1282

  Spearing, Natalie M ^a   Connelly, Luke B ^a,b   Gargett, Susan ^b   Sterling, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Association; Causation; Compensation; Health outcomes; Reverse causality; Systematic review; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

BILLING AND CLAIMS; CINAHL; COMPENSATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LAWYER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDLINE; NECK INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 84861183188     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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