Does access to compensation have an impact on recovery outcomes after injury?

In reply: We thank the authors of the above letters for their comments. Our response will focus only on the major themes raised.

1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
2 Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC.
3 Department of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
4 Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.
5 Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: mod@unimelb.edu.au

1. Gabbe BJ, Cameron PA, Williamson OD, et al. The relationship between compensable status and long-term patient outcomes following orthopaedic trauma. Med J Aust 2007; 187: 14-17. <MJA full text>
2. Spearing NM, Connelly LB. Is compensation “bad for health”? A systematic meta-review. Injury 2010. [Epub ahead of print.]

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