Gray Shannon E, Collie Alex
Insurance Work and Health Group, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2018 Jun 3;25(5):675-692. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1473176. eCollection 2018.
Workers' compensation claims (WCC) due to mental health conditions (MHC) are the most expensive due to often lengthy periods off work. This retrospective cohort study aims to determine the factors associated with work time loss in Australian workers with accepted WCCs for MHCs, and investigate whether jurisdiction in which a claim is made affects work time loss, using administrative claims data between January 2010 and June 2011. Cox regression analysis showed that worker age, industry, occupation and type of MHC were associated with work time loss. Workers with depressive disorders had longer time loss than those with stress-related conditions. Workers from South Australia, Comcare and Victoria had the longest durations of work time loss, while Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania had shorter durations. Future research should investigate policy variations that could explain the differences in time spent on compensation between jurisdictions.
因心理健康状况（MHC）导致的工伤赔偿申请（WCC）往往因停工时间长而最为昂贵。这项回顾性队列研究旨在确定澳大利亚因MHC获得工伤赔偿的工人中与工作时间损失相关的因素，并利用2010年1月至2011年6月期间的行政索赔数据，调查提出索赔的司法管辖区是否会影响工作时间损失。Cox回归分析表明，工人年龄、行业、职业和MHC类型与工作时间损失有关。患有抑郁症的工人比患有与压力相关疾病的工人停工时间更长。南澳大利亚州、联邦政府工伤赔偿机构（Comcare）和维多利亚州的工人工作时间损失持续时间最长，而澳大利亚首都直辖区和塔斯马尼亚州的持续时间较短。未来的研究应调查政策差异，以解释不同司法管辖区在赔偿上花费时间的差异。
