Data process
Q-COMP has the mandate under Queensland's workers' compensation
legislation to maintain accurate and up-to-date scheme-wide
data and information. We use this data to assist to identify
and manage workers' compensation trends and issues impacting the
scheme. To achieve this, Q-COMP maintains two databases:
- Q-COMP Scheme Analysis (QSA)
- Q-COMP Core Operational System (QCS)
QSA was implemented in February 2002 and is the
core Q-COMP database that contains the scheme-wide data. Insurers
submit data to Q-COMP via the Workers' Compensation Insurer'
Interface Data Specifications loaded to the QSA system. In addition
to insurer and WorkCover Queensland data, QSA also maintains:
- Table of Injuries
- Tables of Costs
- Table of Benefits
- WorkCover Industry Codes
- Data Specifications validation
- TOOCS (Type of Occurrence Classification System)
QCS (Q-COMP Core Operational System) provides
the entire operational information for various units within Q-COMP,
maintaining:
- Wages declarations
- Insurer details
- Medical assessment tribunal referrals
- Reviews
- Appeals and Legal Services
- Rehabilitation
- Issues
QSA also links data from QCS to enable scheme-wide
reporting. Collating this data enables Q-COMP to provide the
following reports:
- Data submission error reports
- Monthly insurer reports
- IPP Reports (Injury Payment Profile)
- Comparative reports
- Statistical and annual reports
Data process map
Who uses Q-COMP data?
Not only does QSA provide reporting to insurers but it also
provides monthly data extracts for the Queensland Employee Injury
Database (QEIDB).
The Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR) maintains
the QEIDB on behalf of Workplace Health and Safety
Queensland.
In addition to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland's use of the
data for strategic planning and reporting, data from the QEIDB is
provided to Safe Work Australia for the National Data Set (NDS) for
Compensation-based Statistics and Comparative Performance
Monitoring (CPM).
Data flow from the insurer claims management to Safe
Work Australia
