To the Editor: The editorial by Steven and Shanahan on work-related stress1 indicated that claiming Medicare benefits for a workers compensation injury is specifically precluded. It also identified a need for guaranteed certainty of cost reimbursement for treatment.
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- 1. Steven ID, Shanahan EM. Work-related stress: care and compensation [editorial]. Med J Aust 2002: 176: 363-364. <eMJA full text>
- 2. Medicare benefits schedule book. General explanatory notes. Section 3.6. Canberra: Department of Health and Aged Care, 1 November 2001.
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