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Occupational Medicine 1980;30:57-60
© 1980 Society of Occupational Medicine

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Injury, Compensation Claims and Prognosis: Part II*

J.E. OODYARD

Staffordshire General Infirmary

Little attention is usually devoted to the effects of litigation and compensation claims on the clinical course and prognosis of injured people. The paper is part of an enquiry into the relationship of injury, compensation and subsequent prognosis as judged from the medical reports of 584 patients, the majority of whom had had a recent single injury.The epidemiology has been studied comparing the age, sex and occupation of compensation-claiming patients to the general population and a group of casualty attenders. Compensation claims are seen to be different judged by all these standards.

A large number of patients had trivial injuries and these showed an unexpected delay in return to work, sometimes more than a year. The most trivial injuries seem to do very little better than intermediate injuries as far as return to work is concerned, and the factors that influence this are discussed under the headings of age, occupation, the presence or absence of back injuries, the type of treatment offered, compensation neurosis and general motivation.

Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Mr J. E. Woodyard, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Staffordshire General Infirmary, Stafford, ST16 2 PA.


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