TABLE 1.
Employee population and claimant/service rates (%) per 1,000 employees, by year
| Year | Employees (#) | Ontario WSIB (Workplace Safety & Insurance Board) Claims | Health Insurance Carriers1 | Special Physiotherapy Reimbursement Fund Claimants (#, rate) | Workplace On-Site Physiotherapy Clinic Clients (#, rate) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Claimants (#, rate) |
MSD Claimants (#, rate) |
Physiotherapy Claimants (#, rate) |
All Claimants (#, rate) |
Physiotherapy Claimants (#, rate) |
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| 1992 | 2,160 | 180 (83) | 113 (52) | 30 (14) | 1,935 (895) | 16 (7) | Not Applicable (NA) | |
| 1993 | 2,021 | 179 (89) | 105 (52) | 16 (8) | 1,855 (918) | 42 (21) | ||
| 1994 | 1,769 | 151 (85) | 103 (58) | 21 (12) | 1,703 (963) | 40 (23) | ||
| 1995 | 1,800 | 203 (113) | 138 (77) | 20 (11) | 1,701 (945) | 46 (26) | 22 (12) | NA |
| 1996 | 1,792 | 165 (92) | 116 (65) | 6 (3) | 3,360 (1,875) | 28 (16) | 45 (25) | NA |
| 1997 | 1,807 | 135 (75) | 73 (40) | <5 (-) | 2,026 (1,121) | 38 (21) | 175 (97) | NA |
| 1998 | 1,884 | 150 (80) | 93 (49) | 8 (4) | 2,534 (1,345) | 34 (18) | 183 (97) | NA |
| 1999 | 1,879 | 169 (90) | 95 (51) | 5 (3) | 1,559 (830) | 27 (14) | 377 (201) | 273 (145) |
| 2000 | 1,914 | 178 (93) | 99 (52) | <5 (-) | 1,744 (911) | 41 (21) | 93 (49) | 350 (183) |
| 2001 | 1,901 | 219 (115) | 125 (66) | 15 (8) | 1,658 (872) | 43 (23) | 542 (28) | 324 (170) |
| 2002 | 1,818 | 161 (89) | 71 (39) | 6 (3) | 1,584 (871) | 37 (20) | -2 | 324 (178) |
| Total claims/clients | 1,557 | 896 (58%) | 105 (6.7%) | 6,587 | 312 (4.7%) | -3 | -3 | |
aIn 1996, the newspaper changed insurance companies from Liberty to Sun Life, and the study was not allowed to identify persons in insurer data sets, so a person might be double-counted.
bData are available up to Q2, 2001 and not thereafter.
cData are not available.