TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The incidence and economic burden of injuries in Jiangxi, China
JO  - Public health
A1  - Fang, X.
A1  - Zeng, G.
A1  - Linnan, Huan Wan
A1  - Jing, R.
A1  - Zhu, X.
A1  - Corso, Phaedra
A1  - Liu, P.
A1  - Linnan, Michael J.
SP  - 138
EP  - 145
VL  - 138
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVES: This study estimated the incidence, direct medical and non-medical costs, and productivity losses due to morbidity and mortality across multiple strata for injuries that occurred in Jiangxi, China. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. <br><br>METHODS: Data came from the Jiangxi injury survey, a provincially-representative, population-based sample of 100,010 households. The major economic costs of injuries were divided into direct costs and indirect costs. Direct costs encompass medical costs and direct non-medical costs. Indirect costs refer to the productivity losses due to injury-related morbidity and mortality. <br><br>RESULTS: In 2005, about one of 18 residents in Jiangxi, China, experienced an injury. Overall, fall, animal bite, and road traffic crash (RTC) injuries accounted for more than 66% of all injuries, while fall, RTC, drowning, and self-harm injuries accounted for 80% of fatal injuries. Average cost per case for a fatal injury was 163,389 RMB ($20,171) for lost productivity and 2800 RMB ($346) in direct medical & non-medical costs. A non-fatal injury resulting in hospitalisation or permanent disability on average caused 5221 RMB ($643) in direct costs and 18,437 RMB ($2276) in lost productivity and, an additional loss of three school days. A non-hospitalised non-fatal injury on average caused 303 ($37) RMB in direct costs and 491 RMB ($61) in lost productivity and, an additional loss of 0.5 school days. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The unequivocal evidence of the substantial health and financial burden of injuries indicates to Chinese policy makers that more research and efforts are needed to find efficacious and cost-effective interventions targeting injury.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-3506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.024
ID  - ref1
ER  -