Institute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research, Monash University, Level 11, 499 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
J Occup Rehabil. 2014 Mar;24(1):111-24. doi: 10.1007/s10926-013-9435-z.
Occupational injury and work-related disability is a significant public health problem. For published research to provide a collective knowledge base for return to work (RTW) policy and practice, features of the compensation system relevant to the research must be described clearly. The level of the reporting on compensation system features is yet to be established. The aim of the present study was to synthesize the evidence for the reporting on compensation systems in prognostic studies of RTW following work-related injuries.
A systematic review of the literature was conducted. Ovid Medline and EMBASE were searched for studies published 1996-2011. Included studies were prognostic studies of RTW or work disability following work-related acute traumatic injuries.
The initial search yielded 952 articles; 37 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The majority of studies were based on clinical practice; eight studies were based on administrative data. Only two studies reported seven or more compensation features and two studies reported four to six. The majority of studies (19/37) did not report on any aspect of the compensation system that study participants were interacting with. The most common information reported was the extent of coverage at the population level (7/37) and the availability of wage replacement entitlements (7/37). The name of the compensation system was provided in 5 studies.
Overall reporting on compensation systems in prognostic studies of RTW needs to be improved if research evidence is to inform policy and practice. Compensation system features that could be reported are provided.
职业伤害和与工作相关的残疾是一个重大的公共卫生问题。为了使已发表的研究为重返工作岗位（RTW）政策和实践提供一个集体知识基础，与研究相关的赔偿制度的特征必须清楚地描述。目前，对于赔偿制度特征的报告水平尚有待确定。本研究的目的是综合有关工作相关伤害后 RTW 的预后研究中赔偿制度的报告证据。
对文献进行了系统回顾。在 Ovid Medline 和 EMBASE 中检索了 1996 年至 2011 年发表的研究。纳入的研究是有关工作相关急性创伤性损伤后 RTW 或工作残疾的预后研究。
初步搜索得到 952 篇文章；37 篇文章符合纳入标准。大多数研究基于临床实践；有 8 项研究基于行政数据。只有两项研究报告了七个或更多的赔偿特征，两项研究报告了四到六个。大多数研究（19/37）没有报告研究参与者正在与之互动的赔偿制度的任何方面。最常见的报告信息是人群层面的覆盖范围（7/37）和工资替代权益的可用性（7/37）。有 5 项研究提供了赔偿制度的名称。
如果研究证据要为政策和实践提供信息，那么 RTW 预后研究中赔偿制度的总体报告需要改进。提供了可报告的赔偿制度特征。
