TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Costs of injuries due to interpersonal and self-directed violence in Thailand, 2005
JO  - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand
A1  - Bundhamcharoen, Kanitta
A1  - Odton, Patarapan
A1  - Mugem, Suwanna
A1  - Phulkerd, Sirinya
A1  - Dhisayathikom, Kanjana
A1  - Brown, D. W.
A1  - Tangcharoensathien, Viroj
SP  - S110
EP  - 8
VL  - 91
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0125-2208
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -