Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION REGULATION 2014 - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4 – Graduated scale for additional compensation for gratuitous care

1 Graduated scale

(1) This schedule contains the graduated scale for additional compensation for gratuitous care.

(2) The maximum amount of lump sum compensation payable under this schedule is 244.86 times QOTE.

2 How to use the graduated scale

(1) The DPI is shown in column 1.

(2) The range of dependency assessed under the modified barthel index is shown in column 2.

(3) In column 2—

(a) moderate is a modified barthel index total score of 50–74; and

(b) severe is a modified barthel index total score of 25–49; and

(c) total is a modified barthel index total score of 0–24.

(4) The worker’s additional lump sum compensation entitlement is shown for the corresponding entry in column 3.

Graduated scale

	Column 1 DPI	Column 2 Range of dependency (modified barthel index)	Column 3 Additional lump sum compensation
	%		$
	15–39	moderate severe total	1.99 times QOTE 3.97 times QOTE 5.94 times QOTE
	40–49	moderate severe total	3.70 times QOTE 7.52 times QOTE 11.21 times QOTE
	50–59	moderate severe total	16.35 times QOTE 32.68 times QOTE 49.00 times QOTE
	60–69	moderate severe total	40.84 times QOTE 73.49 times QOTE 97.97 times QOTE
	70–79	moderate severe total	57.16 times QOTE 106.14 times QOTE 146.93 times QOTE
	80–89	moderate severe total	65.32 times QOTE 132.00 times QOTE 195.89 times QOTE
	90–94	moderate severe total	73.49 times QOTE 146.93 times QOTE 228.53 times QOTE
	95–100	moderate severe total	81.63 times QOTE 163.28 times QOTE 244.86 times QOTE