@article{ref1,
title="Incidence, costs, and temporal trends of sports injury-related hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10-year period: a nationwide population-based cohort study",
journal="Journal of science and medicine in sport",
year="2019",
author="Lystad, Reidar P. and Curtis, Kate and Browne, Gary J. and Mitchell, Rebecca J.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="175-180",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To quantify and describe the incidence, cost, and temporal trends of sports injury-related hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10-year period. <br><br>DESIGN: Retrospective population-based cohort study. <br><br>METHODS: This study used linked hospitalisation and mortality data of children aged ≤16 years who were hospitalised for sports-related injury in Australia from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2012. Age-standardised incidence rates were calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Negative binomial regression was used to examine change in temporal trends in incidence rates. <br><br>RESULTS: There were 130,167 sports injury-related hospitalisations during the 10-year study period. The overall annual incidence rate was 281.0 (95%CI: 279.5, 282.6) per 100,000 population. Males and older children were more frequently hospitalised than their female and younger counterparts. The most common sports activities resulting in hospitalisation were team ball sports (43.1%) and wheeled non-motor sport (22.3%). There was no significant annual decline in the overall incidence rate during the 10-year study period (-1.0% [95%CI: -3.0%, 1.0%]). The estimated total hospital treatment cost was $396 million, with an estimated mean cost per injured child of $3058. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There has been no significant decline in sports injury-related hospitalisation rates among Australian children during 2002-03 to 2011-12. This may suggest that sports injury prevention initiatives in Australia to date have been inadequate to produce population-level reduction in sports injury-related hospitalisations. It is recommended that a national injury prevention strategy to reduce the burden of sports injuries among Australian children is developed and implemented.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-2440",
doi="10.1016/j.jsams.2018.07.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2018.07.010"
}