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Injury Surveillance In Community Cricket And The Exploration Of Insurance Claims Systems, Geordie Mcleod
Injury Surveillance In Community Cricket And The Exploration Of Insurance Claims Systems, Geordie Mcleod
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The aims of this industry funded PhD thesis were 1) To understand the injury causes, trends and burden in community cricket and 2) To examine the Cricket Australia National Club Risk Protection Program (NCRPP) insurance scheme for suitability as an injury surveillance tool for community cricket.
This thesis sought to identify and understand the injury profile of community cricketers through existing literature and injury datasets, being, Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) hospital data, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and NCRPP insurance claims data. This thesis also undertook a novel assessment of data validity and completeness from various sources, against industry standards …