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Table 2 The impact of South Australia and Tasmania’s early reporting incentives on number of days in the claims process, in reference to a comparator consisting of other Australian workers’ compensation jurisdictions

From: Effectiveness of employer financial incentives in reducing time to report worker injury: an interrupted time series study of two Australian workers’ compensation jurisdictions

 

Median number of days (IQR)

ITS analyses

 

Pre-ERI

Post-ERI

Median level change, days (95% CI)

Median trend change, days per month (95% CI)

Total time

 South Australia

25

(14 to 65)

23

(10 to 79)

−0.7

(−4.7 to 3.3)

−0.36**

(−0.63 to −0.09)

 Comparator

25

(11 to 70)

20

(8 to 57)

0.3

(−2.5 to 3.2)

0.11

(−0.08 to 0.31)

 Tasmania

19

(12 to 35)

17

(9 to 38)

−0.6

(−2.9 to 1.6)

−0.35***

(−0.50 to −0.20)

 Comparator

23

(10 to 68)

18

(8 to 53)

−0.8

(−2.4 to 0.8)

0.15**

(0.05 to 0.26)

Claim reporting time

 South Australia

13

(7 to 28)

7

(2 to 19)

−1.6***

(−2.4 to −0.8)

0.01

(−0.03 to 0.06)

 Comparator

11

(5 το 26)

9

(3 to 24)

−1.4***

(−2.0 to −0.8)

0.02

(−0.01 to 0.05)

 Tasmania

15

(9 to 29)

9

(4 to 21)

−5.4***

(−7.4 to −3.3)

−0.32***

(−0.49 to −0.14)

 Comparator

10

(4 to 26)

9

(3 to 24)

−0.3

(−1.1 to 1.8)

0.14*

(0.01 to 0.27)

Insurer decision time

 South Australia

7

(3 to 22)

8

(4 to 45)

−1.2

(−2.9 to 0.5)

−0.00

(−0.10 to 0.10)

 Comparator

6

(2 to 27)

6

(2 to 20)

−0.2

(−1.4 to 1.1)

0.01

(−0.07 to 0.08)

 Tasmania

2

(1 to 4)

6

(2 to 12)

4.6***

(3.9 to 5.4)

−0.00

(−0.05 to 0.05)

 Comparator

6

(2 to 27)

6

(2 to 15)

−0.5

(−1.1 to 0.1)

0.04*

(0.01 to 0.08)

Worker reporting time

 South Australia

7

(2 to 20)

1

(0 to 8)

−4.7***

(−5.8 to −3.5)

−0.03

(−0.10 to 0.04)

 Comparator

10

(4 to 28)

11

(4 to 29)

−0.1

(−0.9 to 0.7)

−0.01

(−0.06 to 0.04)

Employer reporting time

 South Australia

2

(0 to 6)

1

(0 to 6)

−0.3

(−0.8 to 0.2)

0.05***

(0.02 to 0.07)

 Comparator

6

(2 to 10)

5

(2 to 10)

−0.3

(−0.7 to 0.0)

−0.02*

(−0.04 to −0.00)

  1. *** p < .001; ** p < .01; p < .05