Section 1. All Registered Claims
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Proportion of Claims Declined by Account and Registration Year
Percentage Declined |
1998-07/ 1999-06 |
1999-07/ 2000-06 |
2000-07/ 2001-06 |
2001-07/ 2002-06 |
2002-07/ 2003-06 |
2003-07/ 2004-06 |
2004-07/ 2005-06 |
2005-07/ 2006-06 |
2006-07/ 2007-06 |
2007-07/ 2008-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residual |
1.1 |
8.0 |
23.7 |
17.8 |
17.5 |
16.9 |
15.4 |
12.3 |
7.9 |
9.4 |
Motor Vehicle |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
Non-earners |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Earners |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Employers/Other Insurer |
9.5 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
4.9 | |
Medical Misadventure |
41.3 |
57.5 |
53.2 |
59.3 |
62.6 |
61.1 |
57.4 |
33.1 |
35.9 |
30.4 |
Self-employed work |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
2.6 | |
Total |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
For the purposes of this section, decline rates are determined from the proportion of claims declined payment for entitlements or medical fees.
A claim may be declined for a number of reasons. These include:
- it is a duplicate claim
- the client has not sustained a personal injury
- a mental injury is not the result of physical or sexual abuse sustained by the client
- a gradual process injury did not occur through the client’s work duties
- the injury was not sustained in New Zealand and the applicant is not ordinarily resident in New Zealand
- some claims may be eligible for medical fees cover but not entitlements. This can occur if the client is in prison or the injury was wilfully self-inflicted.
- a work-related claim is covered by a private insurer (accidents incurred in the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000).
- the claim to an employee of an accredited employer.
Treatment Injury and Patient Injuries claims above have been unsuccessful as both a Treatment Injury and Patient Injuries claim and a general personal injury claim.
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