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Payments for healthcare represent the second largest item of expenditure for Australian workers’...
We share results from the 2021 Return to Work Matters Case Management Survey, completed by more...
New injured worker cohort study at IWH focuses on experiences of workers with long-duration...
Depression and anxiety delay sustained RTW for workers with work-related musculoskeletal...
In a world first, researchers have launched the Basel Fairness Questionnaire (BFQ), a survey...
Research from NSW shows that early intervention saves money and improves health when it's...
Multi-component vocational rehabilitation programs that intervene early and improve coordination...
“Who’s the fairest?” matters to compensation recipients. Researchers find associations between...
Early reporting and prompt claim adjudication and payment may reduce the number of workers who...
What does the international evidence say about the impact of compensation systems, health care...
Claims are going down but costs are going up. Has safety improved? We dig into the data on...
We need better approaches to teaching medical students about work, health and occupational medicine.
Occupational health research IS relevant to policy development: but what kinds of research are best?
Disability prevention researchers benefit from collaboration and communication in an innovative...
Are they good policy? Do they work? How can they be improved?