Citation

Sahin F, Akca H, Akkaya N, Zincir OD, Isik A. J. Hand Surg. Eur. Vol. 2013; 38(6): 673-679.

Affiliation

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1753193412469012

PMID

23204134

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.

Language: en