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dc.contributor.authorUrgert, Cameron
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-13T20:42:05Z
dc.date.available2020-04-13T20:42:05Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/4913
dc.description.abstractIn New Zealand, osteopaths can lodge Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) claims, on behalf of patients, for accidental injury. ACC provides treatment and rehabilitation services for patients following injury. Postgraduate osteopathy students practice and develop their skills under supervision at teaching clinics. Anecdotal evidence suggested that a number of potentially eligible ACC claims were not being lodged. This study involved a clinical audit exploring this issue, and possible reasons for misinterpretation of ACC injury claims. AIM: To investigate the extent to which new patient files in the osteopathy teaching clinic satisfy ACC’s criteria for an injury claim. Methods: A clinical audit was performed on 290 new patient records randomly sampled from clinical records between 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016 and 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017.Each record was systematically processed and categorised into contingency tables to address each of the objectives. METHODS: A clinical audit was performed on 290 newpatient records randomly sampled from clinical records between 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016 and 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017. Each record was systematically processed and categorised into contingency tables to address each of the objectives. FINDINGS: 29.7% of possible claims were not made when they appeared to meet ACC criteria for an injury claim. The overall accuracy was 70.3% (95%CI 64.7-75.5%). Between years 2016 and 2017, the results supported instances of underclaiming for ACC injury. When following the same cohort of students from Year 1 to Year 2 there was no difference in the level of observed accuracy (95%CI for Accuracy in Year 1 = 57.4-81.5% and 64.5-86.9% in the same cohort in their second year). No significant difference in accuracy was identified over time (R2 = 0.03). CONCLUSION: A significant proportion (~30%) of the sample meet ACC criteria for an injury claim when no claim was submitted. There were no instances of submitting a claim when the clinical history appeared not to meet ACC criteria.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectosteopathsen_NZ
dc.subjectAccident Compensation Corporation (ACC) claimsen_NZ
dc.subjectinjury claimsen_NZ
dc.subjectclinical erroren_NZ
dc.subjectosteopathic medicineen_NZ
dc.subjectACC claimsen_NZ
dc.subjectosteopathic educationen_NZ
dc.titleInvestigating interpretation of ACC claims in an osteopathy teaching clinicen_NZ
dc.typeMasters Thesisen_NZ
dc.rights.holderAuthoren_NZ
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Osteopathyen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden110499 Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationUrgert, C. (2019). Investigating interpretation of ACC claims in an osteopathy teaching clinic. (Unpublished document submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Osteopathy). Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4913en
unitec.pages56en_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.publication.placeAuckland, New Zealanden_NZ
unitec.advisor.principalMoran, Robert
unitec.advisor.associatedMason, Jesse
unitec.institution.studyareaOsteopathy
dc.identifier.wikidataQ112950653


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