@article{ref1,
title="Costs of injuries due to interpersonal and self-directed violence in Thailand, 2005",
journal="Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand",
year="2008",
author="Bundhamcharoen, Kanitta and Odton, Patarapan and Mugem, Suwanna and Phulkerd, Sirinya and Dhisayathikom, Kanjana and Brown, D. W. and Tangcharoensathien, Viroj",
volume="91",
number="2",
pages="S110-8",
abstract="Violence, a serious public health problem in Thailand, remains largely unknown for its economic costs. This study is a national-level economic cost-estimates of injury from interpersonal and self-directed violence for Thailand during 2005 using the World Health Organization-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines. Direct medical costs from self-directed violence totaled 569 million Baht (THB) while the cost of interpersonal violence was THB 1.3 billion. Productivity losses for injuries due to self-directed violence were estimated at THB 12.2 billion and those for interpersonal violence were THB 14.4 billion. The total direct medical cost, thus, accounted for about 4% of Thailand's total health budget while the productivity losses accounted for approximately 0.4% of Thailand s GDP In summary, interpersonal and self-directed violence caused a total loss of 33.8 billion baht for Thailand in 2005. More than 90% of the economic loss was incurred from productivity loss and about four-fifths came from men.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0125-2208",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}