Citation

No Author(s) Listed. Scand. J. Public Health 2008; 36(8 Suppl): 181-186.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries Regions, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1403494808097606

PMID

19033315

Abstract

Each year, 1800 Danes die due to home and leisure accidents. Slightly more of the deaths are among women than among men. These premature deaths result in the loss of 15,000 life years for men and 10,000 life years for women. The men who die as a result of a home and leisure accident do so 18 years prematurely, whereas the women die 10 years prematurely. In 2004, home and leisure accidents resulted in 230,000 emergency department contacts among men and 200,000 among women. In 2004, home and leisure accidents resulted in 15,000 hospital admissions among men and 17,000 among women. Home and leisure accidents increase health service costs by DKK 1169 million per year. Premature death and resultant saving in future health service consumption result in annual cost savings of DKK 92 million. The net health service costs related to home and leisure accidents are therefore DKK 1077 million per year. Home and leisure accidents result in an annual production loss of DKK 1477 million calculated using the human capital method and DKK 24 million calculated using the friction cost method. Due to the shorter lifetime the production loss is offset by a DKK 2027 million saving in future consumption.

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