EVALUATION OF A RISK SCREENING TOOL FOR COMPENSATION SYSTEM RECOVERY MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Transport accidents result in Mental Health, pain and return-to-work (RTW) difficulties. To screen for risk of future poor outcomes assists early identification and effective recovery management for compensation systems that provide compensation for health care services post-accident. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the measurement properties of a predictive risk screening tool known as the Client Conversational Tool-Revised (CCT-R) within the recovery branch of the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), Victoria, Australia. De-identified data from 630 TAC clients who claimed compensation between April 2012 and October 2014 was analysed. Claims and payments data of later health servi..