House of Assembly: Wednesday, November 16, 2016

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In reply to Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (28 July 2016). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide): I have been provided the following advice:

The tables below provides the numbers and percentages for the registered scheme from 1 July 2013 until 28 July 2016. The number of claims excludes claims classed as incidents or withdrawn and excludes self-insured claims.

2013-14

All Claims Count All Claims %
Accepted 13,748 Accepted 94.52%
Pending 5 Pending 0.03%
Rejected 792 Rejected 5.45%
Grand Total 14,545 Grand Total 100.00%


All Psych Count Psych %
Accepted 431 Accepted 61.75%
Rejected 267 Rejected 38.25%
Grand Total 698 Grand Total 100.00%


Physical Count Physical %
Accepted 13,317 Accepted 96.17%
Pending 5 Pending 0.04%
Rejected 525 Rejected 3.79%
Grand Total 13,847 Grand Total 100.00%


2014-15

All Claims Count All Claims %
Accepted 12,136 Accepted 92.78%
Pending 3 Pending 0.02%
Rejected 942 Rejected 7.20%
Grand Total 13,081 Grand Total 100.00%


All Psych Count Psych %
Accepted 348 Accepted 61.48%
Rejected 218 Rejected 38.52%
Grand Total 566 Grand Total 100.00%


Physical Count Physical %
Accepted 11,788 Accepted 94.19%
Pending 3 Pending 0.02%
Rejected 724 Rejected 5.79%
Grand Total 12,515 Grand Total 100.00%


2015-16

All Claims Count All Claims %
Accepted 12,525 Accepted 94.36%
Pending 37 Pending 0.28%
Rejected 711 Rejected 5.36%
Grand Total 13,273 Grand Total 100.00%


All Psych Count Psych %
Accepted 334 Accepted 61.28%
Pending 5 Pending 0.92%
Rejected 206 Rejected 37.80%
Grand Total 545 Grand Total 100.00%


Physical Count Physical %
Accepted 12,191 Accepted 95.78%
Pending 32 Pending 0.25%
Rejected 505 Rejected 3.97%
Grand Total 12,728 Grand Total 100.00%