| Australia |
- Internally and externally resourced
- Recently modernized disability compensation systems
- Earnings Loss Benefits stop at 65
- Rising program costs
- Similar medical, psycho-social, and vocational rehabilitation services
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Participants can choose between choice of loss-of-earnings capacity or impairment based |
Participants do not have the choice of earnings loss replacement methods |
| Participants are not able to choose service provider |
Participants are able to choose service provider |
| Case Managers approve but do not create the rehabilitation plan |
Case Managers create rehabilitation plans |
| United Kingdom |
- Recently modernized disability compensation systems
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Longer length in service equates to more benefits |
Length in service does not equate to more benefits |
| The earnings loss benefitsFootnote 49 continues for life |
Earnings Loss Benefit stops at age 65 |
The earnings loss benefit is based on:
- salary at the time of release;
- adjusted for age at the time of release (the younger the person, the higher the factor); and
- paid in full for the most serious conditions. For less serious injuries, a proportion of the benefit is awarded.
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The Earnings Loss Benefit is based on:
- salary at the time of release
- age is not taken into consideration
- paid at 75% regardless of severity of the injury
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| Externally resourced |
Internally and externally resourced |
| United States |
- Prevalence of chronic pain and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder amongst Veterans in Program
- Rising program costs
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Internally resourced
Focuses mainly on vocational rehabilitation |
Internally and externally resourced
Focuses on medical, psycho-social, and vocational rehabilitation |
