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Rafael Cordero1, Haley Ponce1, David Ring1
1Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to identify the most frequent deviations and factors associated with the number of deviations from a work injury debiasing checklist among claims referred for peer review.
Methods:
We retrospectively reviewed 141 work injury claims sent to a musculoskeletal specialist for additional scrutiny and counted deviations from a checklist developed to catch common pitfalls in evaluation and treatment.
Results:
Nearly all claims had a deviation (99%) including mislabeling of noninjury pathophysiology as an injury (92%), overlooking mental health (91%), and work restrictions in the absence of risk or incapacity (91%). There were no associations between the number of deviations from the checklist and any patient or clinician factors.
Conclusions:
A debiasing checklist has potential to help clinicians avoid common pitfalls in the care of claims of work injury.
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