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JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-EUROPEAN VOLUME
Volume 38, Issue 6, Pages 673-679Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1753193412469012
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Hand injuries; economics; accident; cost analysis
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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.
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