OBJECTIVES This paper provides an overview of the epidemiology of sport-related concussion and associated costs in New Zealand requiring medical treatment from 2001 to 2011 in seven sports codes. DESIGN A retrospective review of injury entitlement claims by seven sports from 2001 to 2011. METHODS Data were analyzed by sporting code, age, ethnicity, gender and year of competition for total a...

Claim is a big challenge for the contractors and the owners in construction projects. Claims are considered to be one of the most disruptive events of a project. A suitable claim resolution strategy can prevent the damages to the project and the involved parties. In this research, a mathematical model using game theory is presented to find the optimum strategy for resolving cost-related claims ...

The Institute Council wishes it to be understood that opinions put forward herein are not necessarily those of the Institute and the Council is not responsible for those opinions. Abstract. The paper presents the findings of an industry-based study in the utility of text mining. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of textual information in claims cost prediction. The industrial ...

OBJECTIVES To systematically review the choice of comparator strategies in cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) of human papillomavirus testing in cervical screening. METHODS The PubMed, Web of Knowledge, and Scopus databases were searched to identify eligible model-based CEAs of cervical screening programs using human papillomavirus testing. The eligible CEAs were reviewed to investigate what ...

Many insurance-related decisions appear, at first glance, to be suboptimal. For example, many people pay added premiums that seem excessive to obtain automobile collision insurance with a low deductible. To make matters worse, some decide not to file a claim following a small accident whose cost could largely be reimbursed via this low deductible1: they fear that a claim would lead to increased...