The effect of financial compensation on health outcomes following musculoskeletal injury: Systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Murgatroyd, Darnel F ^a   Casey, Petrina P ^a   Cameron, Ian D ^a   Harris, Ian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; COMPENSATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK PAIN; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHIPLASH INJURY; META ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84923013796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117597     Document Type: Review

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