title: Rehabilitation Utilization following a Work-Related Traumatic Brain Injury: A Sex-Based Examination of Workers' Compensation Claims in Victoria, Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report on and examine differences in the use of four types of rehabilitation services (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, and speech therapy) by men and women following a work-related traumatic brain injury in Victoria, Australia; and to examine the importance of demographic, need, work-related and geographic factors in explaining these differences.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective cohort design was used to analyze 1786 work-related traumatic brain injury workers' compensation claims lodged between 2004 and 2012 in Victoria, Australia. ZINB regressions were conducted for each type of rehabilitation service to examine the relationship between sex and rehabilitation use. Covariates included demographic, need-related, work-related, and geographic factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of all claims (63% male, 37% female), 13% used occupational therapy, 23% used physiotherapy, 9% used psychology, and 2% used speech therapy at least once during the first year of service utilization. After controlling for demographic, need-related, work-related, and geographic factors, women were more likely to use physiotherapy compared to men. Men and women were equally likely to use occupational therapy and psychology services. The number of visits in the first year for each type of service did not differ between male and female users.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings support a sex-based approach to studying rehabilitation utilization in work-related populations. Future research is needed to examine other factors associated with rehabilitation utilization and to determine the implications of different rehabilitation utilization patterns on health and return-to-work outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E Niki
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Guerriero
authors.affiliation: The Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|The Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stergiou-Kita
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|The Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.|Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colantonio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014739:Victoria; D014942:Workers' Compensation