Predictors of seeking financial compensation following motor vehicle trauma: inception cohort with moderate to severe musculoskeletal injuries

Table 1 Relationships^# between claim type and legal representation^a and claim acceptance among 179 participants who made a claim within first 6 months

	Claim type at 6 months
	Compulsory Third Party No. (%)	Workers Compensation No. (%)	Other^b No. (%)
Legal representation at 6 months
Yes	93 (79.5)	26 (48.1)	6 (75.0)
No	24 (20.5)	28 (51.9)	2 (25.0)
Claim acceptance at 6 months
Yes	64 (54.7)	44 (81.5)	2 (25.0)
No	10 (8.5)	0 (0)	2 (25.0)
Don’t know	43 (36.8)	10 (18.5)	4 (50.0)

^aNot all participants who sought legal representation made a claim (n = 3)
^b(medical negligence = 1, Australian Defence Force (ADF) = 1, Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) = 1, income protection insurance = 1, civil action = 1, not stated = 3)
^#Relationships were considered significant for any association with p value <0.05

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