TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Cost analysis and related factors in patients with traumatic hand injury
JO  - Journal of hand surgery (European volume)
A1  - Sahin, F.
A1  - Akca, H.
A1  - Akkaya, N.
A1  - Zincir, O. D.
A1  - Isik, A.
SP  - 673
EP  - 679
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1753-1934
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753193412469012
ID  - ref1
ER  -