Levels of Rehabilitation Utilization | P-Value | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very High | High | Medium | Low | No | |||||||
N = 2397 | N = 2398 | N = 2314 | N = 1070 | N = 1417 | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Age | |||||||||||
30 or less | 299 | 12.5% | 436 | 18.2% | 559 | 24.2% | 291 | 27.2% | 280 | 19.8% | <0.001 |
30–49 | 1293 | 53.9% | 1255 | 52.3% | 1112 | 48.1% | 511 | 47.8% | 651 | 45.9% | |
50 or more | 805 | 33.6% | 707 | 29.5% | 643 | 27.8% | 268 | 25.0% | 486 | 34.3% | |
Sex | |||||||||||
Male | 1560 | 65.2 | 1493 | 62.5 | 1598 | 69.6 | 648 | 61.2 | 918 | 65.1 | <0.001 |
Female | 833 | 34.8 | 895 | 37.5 | 699 | 30.4 | 411 | 38.8 | 493 | 34.9 | |
Mechanism of Injury | |||||||||||
High Energy | 1519 | 63.4 | 1465 | 61.1 | 1337 | 57.8 | 602 | 56.3 | 904 | 63.8 | <0.001 |
Low Energy | 576 | 24.0 | 635 | 26.5 | 641 | 27.7 | 281 | 26.3 | 345 | 24.3 | |
Other/Unspecified | 302 | 12.6 | 298 | 12.4 | 336 | 14.5 | 187 | 17.5 | 168 | 11.9 | |
Disability Status | |||||||||||
Permanent Total Disability | 9 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | <0.001 |
Permanent Partial Disability | 1586 | 66.2 | 1208 | 50.4 | 362 | 15.6 | 31 | 2.9 | 525 | 37.1 | |
Temporary Total Compensation | 583 | 24.3 | 716 | 29.9 | 794 | 34.3 | 186 | 17.4 | 425 | 30.0 | |
Temporary Partial Compensation | 56 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.3 | 20 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 18 | 1.3 | |
Medical-Only | 163 | 6.8 | 440 | 18.4 | 1138 | 49.2 | 851 | 79.5 | 448 | 31.6 | |
Type of Occupation | |||||||||||
Operatives & Technicians | 841 | 35.1 | 724 | 30.2 | 787 | 34.0 | 309 | 28.9 | 450 | 31.8 | <0.001 |
Service Workers | 685 | 28.6 | 749 | 31.2 | 561 | 24.2 | 278 | 26.0 | 407 | 28.7 | |
Laborers & Helpers | 418 | 17.4 | 427 | 17.8 | 436 | 18.8 | 176 | 16.4 | 236 | 16.7 | |
Professionals | 197 | 8.2 | 190 | 7.9 | 208 | 9.0 | 131 | 12.2 | 138 | 9.7 | |
Office Workers | 180 | 7.5 | 215 | 9.0 | 202 | 8.7 | 120 | 11.2 | 132 | 9.3 | |
Sales Workers | 62 | 2.6 | 79 | 3.0 | 104 | 4.5 | 47 | 4.4 | 44 | 3.1 | |
Not recorded | 14 | 0.6 | 20 | 0.8 | 16 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.8 | 10 | 0.7 | |
Type of Employer | |||||||||||
Private Employer | 1576 | 65.7 | 1529 | 63.8 | 1676 | 72.4 | 797 | 74.5 | 971 | 68.5 | <0.001 |
State Employer | 821 | 34.3 | 869 | 36.2 | 638 | 27.6 | 273 | 25.5 | 446 | 31.5 | |
Years with Current Employer Prior to Claim | |||||||||||
Less than 2 | 759 | 31.7 | 840 | 35.0 | 866 | 37.4 | 441 | 41.2 | 479 | 33.8 | <0.001 |
2–10 | 692 | 28.9 | 662 | 27.6 | 691 | 29.9 | 304 | 28.4 | 416 | 29.4 | |
More than 10 | 458 | 19.1 | 461 | 19.2 | 389 | 16.8 | 150 | 14.0 | 222 | 15.7 | |
Not recorded | 488 | 20.4 | 435 | 18.1 | 368 | 15.9 | 175 | 16.4 | 300 | 21.2 | |
Surgically Treated Injury | |||||||||||
Yes | 232 | 9.7 | 345 | 14.4 | 601 | 26.0 | 147 | 13.7 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
No | 2165 | 90.3 | 2053 | 85.6 | 1713 | 74.0 | 923 | 86.3 | 1417 | 100.0 | |
Diagnosis of Chronic Joint Pain | |||||||||||
Yes | 1618 | 67.5 | 1256 | 52.4 | 637 | 27.5 | 105 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
No | 779 | 32.5 | 1142 | 47.6 | 1677 | 72.5 | 935 | 90.2 | 1417 | 100.0 |