Psychological distress following a motor vehicle crash: Evidence from a statewide retrospective study examining settlement times and costs of compensation claims

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Guest, Rebecca ^a   Tran, Yvonne ^a   Gopinath, Bamini ^a   Cameron, Ian D ^a   Craig, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

compensation; motor vehicle crash; musculoskeletal injury; post traumatic stress disorder; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVOR; TIME; TIME TO SETTLEMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85029096628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017515     Document Type: Article

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