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Rates, costs, return to work and reoperation following spinal surgery in a workers’ compensation cohort in New South Wales, 2010–2018: a cohort study using administrative data

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06900-8

Published Online: 2021-09-11

Published Print: 2021-12

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Authors

Lewin, AM

Fearnside, M

Kuru, R

Jonker, BP

Naylor, JM

Sheridan, M

Harris, IA
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

State Insurance Regulatory Authority (Spine surgery audit, Spine surgery audit)
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Article History

Received: 3 March 2021

Accepted: 10 August 2021

First Online: 11 September 2021

Declarations

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: Ethics approval for this study, which used anonymized administrative data, was granted by the South Western Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/16/LPOOL/189; LPN HE16/097); the South Western Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee provided waiver of consent to participate. All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

: Not applicable.

: Rob Kuru is a listed assessor of permanent impairment with the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) and Vice President of the Spine Society of Australia.

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