@article{ref1,
title="Cost analysis and related factors in patients with traumatic hand injury",
journal="Journal of hand surgery (European volume)",
year="2013",
author="Sahin, F. and Akca, H. and Akkaya, N. and Zincir, O. D. and Isik, A.",
volume="38",
number="6",
pages="673-679",
abstract="The aim of this study was to measure the direct and indirect costs and factors influencing these costs in patients presenting following traumatic hand injury. We assessed patients aged 18-65 years who were in work. Hand injury severity and functional status were assessed. Direct costs, including medical care expenses, and indirect costs, including lost productivity, were calculated. Seventy-nine patients of a mean age of 32 years were included. The mean direct cost for each patient was $1772 (47% of total cost), and the indirect cost was $1891 (53% of total cost). Injury severity, time to return to work, and hospitalization time were the main parameters of increased total cost in a linear regression analysis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1753-1934",
doi="10.1177/1753193412469012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753193412469012"
}