Citation

No Author(s) Listed. Scand. J. Public Health 2008; 36(8 Suppl): 152-157.

Copyright

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

DOI

10.1177/1403494808097602

PMID

19033311

Abstract

Each year, 50 Danes die in an occupational accident, of which no more than five are women. These premature deaths among men result in the loss of 1700 life years. The men who die as a result of an occupational accident do so 35 years prematurely. In 2004, occupational accidents resulted in 72,000 emergency department contacts, of which 75% were by men. Occupational accidents resulted in 2000 hospital admissions, the majority of which were by men. Occupational accidents raise health service costs by DKK 108 million per year. Premature death and resultant saving in future health service consumption result in annual cost savings of DKK 6 million. The net health service costs related to occupational accidents are therefore DKK 102 million per year. Occupational accidents result in an annual production loss of DKK 198 million calculated using the human capital method and DKK 3 million calculated using the friction cost method. Due to the shorter lifetime the production loss is offset by a DKK 128 million saving in future consumption.

Language: en