Prevention and early intervention in South African disability claims management: The private insurer perspective.

Autor: Howell KL; Private Practice, Gauteng,South Africa., Naidoo D; School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,South Africa., Govender P; School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Work (Reading, Mass.) [Work] 2023; Vol. 75 (2), pp. 577-590.
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-211384
Abstrakt: Background: Current available literature lacks a focus on the prevention and early intervention stages of the disability claims management process within the South African context.
Objective: This study aimed to identify fundamental principles to be applied during the prevention and early intervention stages of the disability claims management process within South Africa.
Methods: A qualitative explorative design with a purposive sampling technique to identify stakeholders. Data were collected fromn = 26 stakeholders using virtual semi-structured interviews. Inductive analysis was used to establish fundamental principles for promoting success in applying a prevention and early intervention approach.
Results: Four fundamental principles were identified: stakeholder communication and education, stakeholder collaboration, support, and buy-in, early identification and early intervention. The literature, data and themes were used to inform development of a prevention and early intervention disability model as well as an employee health and productivity continuum. Analysis of the results showed that achieving and maintaining employee health and productivity is a complex goal. However, a prevention and early intervention approach is beneficial in decreasing the likelihood of ill-health progressing to short or long-term disability absence.
Conclusion: This study has proposed a prevention and early intervention model for a disability that may be applied to the employee health and productivity continuum in an attempt to mitigate the risk of ill-health and disability occurring and if they do occur, to decrease the length of time that the symptoms impact an employee's productivity at work.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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