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240 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Unquestionably, these hypothetical untreated patients would never have regained their function as quickly as those treated. For this reason, there would have been an increased number of weekly compensation checks. This would have constituted more expense to the State Insurance Fund--especially after these cases had been returned from the Industrial Commission for more treatment and/or more dis ability rating. However, this is only speculative and is presented only for the sake of argument.
INCREASE IN INCAPACITY RATING AFTER PHYSICAL MEDICAL TREATMENT
It is interesting to note, as shown in table 2, that there were 101 patients who showed an increase in incapacity rating after discharge from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This increase amounted to an average of 11.9 per cent of the hand.
Table 2.--Increase in Individual Incapacity Rating After Physical Medicine Treatment
Patient
1 2
3 4 5 6
7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18
19 20 . 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 S3 34 35 36
37 38
39.
40 41 42 43 44 45 46
47 48 . 49 50 5152
Group 1 2 3 4
5 6 7
8
9 10 11
12
Case
1034 1459
.1043 1486 409 859
54 23
162 281 237 1412 . 1575 1433
125 440 472 996
196 239 116 690
1109 1117 1195 1408 1606 1690 1965 603
367 674 746 1349 1362 1867
647 1045
1583
-73 634 1417 1476 1685 1738 1778
88 249 145
85 642 783
Incapacity of Hand Before and After Treatment, per Cent
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Before
After
Difference
M* PM*
M PM
55 40 40
5 15 30 30 10 10 3.6 12
13 5 60 40
13 15 35 30 13 10
55
20 40 55
40 40 5.5 5
15 15 0 60 0 20 20 20
75 100 65 85
25 16
10 10 30 20 30 5 85 100 70 85
0 15
0 10
4 40 20 20'
10 15 5 10
55 25 20
70 100 10 10 60 80 15 15
90 . 90
25 10 90 80 20 10
14 50
20 50
15 60
33 33
7.5 7.5
10
7.5
0 33
40 10
10 30
12 15
60 60
90 60
55
5.5 1.5
90 100 . 100 100
30 30 5 14 12 12
3 25
55
40 60
35 30 8 12 15 12
10 5 10 5 74 30
0 20 29
5 15 55
10 60
30 33
25 25 0 33
0 15 30 30 60 60 33 33
60 60
30 .25 35 5
15 10 20 33 80 60 40 15 75 60
6
5 - 1
7.5
5
0 15
15 15
20 33
22.5 10
60 60
100 60
0 37
22 15
20 60
60 30
M
8 20
.8 5 3 1.5
20 0.5
10 10 30 10 10
5
10 5 1 5
20 15 30 5
6 18 2.5 40 2 30 0.5 10
5 3 3 7 5 34
5 3
20
5 35 15 --10 20 7 15
2.5 15
2.5 40 22 40
PM
0 0
0 0 0 --7
0 0
0 --40
0 --15
0 0
0 0 --35 0
.
--10 0 0
--5
0 --27
0 --23 --15
0 -- 3.5
0
0 --2
0
--20 0
--30
'
--5 --4
--27
0
--28 --5 -f 3
0 --18
0
0 0 --23 o
--22 --30
Weeks Before Treatment
6 4
6 3 2 4
3 4
7 2.5 H 9 8 4
12 6.5 2 12
3 2 3 4.5
7 9 6 8 6 6 3 2
7 4.5 8 6 8 8
3.5 8
4
9 2 3
o 5 g
10
4
16 4 5
05 H
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* M stands for Incapacity determined by the Medical Division PM, for incapacity determined by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.