PMID- 15350887
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20041221
LR  - 20040907
IS  - 0001-4575 (Print)
IS  - 0001-4575 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 6
DP  - 2004 Nov
TI  - Long term medical costs of motor vehicle casualties in Alberta (1999): a 
      population-based, incidence approach.
PG  - 1099-103
AB  - The purpose of this paper is to estimate the long term medical costs attributable 
      to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) for all persons in Alberta, Canada in 1999, 
      primarily using observational data. Injury claims with personal identifiers for 
      1999 were reported by the automobile insurance companies. These records were 
      linked to the provincial health registry which covers the entire population. The 
      registry is linked to databases which identify all inpatient and outpatient 
      (including emergency room) visits, physician services, and other health records. 
      Utilization and costs were derived for all casualties who were admitted to 
      hospital or seen in an emergency room, and for a large sample of other (low 
      severity) cases; a sample of matched controls was derived and their costs were 
      also estimated. Actual costs were obtained for 3 years, and longer term costs 
      were projected for subsequent years. Total costs attributable to MVAs were 
      estimated at over $117 million for 1999. Average net costs per casualty, reported 
      by severity group, were: $22.9 thousand for hospital cases; $3.6 thousand for 
      emergency room-only cases; and $157 for other cases. Long term costs were 65% of 
      first year costs for hospitalized cases and 250% for emergency room cases. 
      Overall, aggregate costs for all non-hospital cases exceeded those for 
      hospitalized cases.
FAU - Jacobs, Philip
AU  - Jacobs P
AD  - Institute of Health Economics, University of Alberta #1200-10405 Jasper Avenue, 
      Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4, Alta., Canada. pjacobs@ihe.ab.ca
FAU - Lier, Douglas
AU  - Lier D
FAU - Schopflocher, Donald
AU  - Schopflocher D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Accid Anal Prev
JT  - Accident; analysis and prevention
JID - 1254476
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Alberta/epidemiology
MH  - Epidemiologic Methods
MH  - *Health Care Costs
MH  - Humans
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/*economics/epidemiology
EDAT- 2004/09/08 05:00
MHDA- 2004/12/22 09:00
CRDT- 2004/09/08 05:00
PHST- 2004/03/22 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2004/09/08 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/12/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/09/08 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0001457504000338 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.aap.2004.05.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Accid Anal Prev. 2004 Nov;36(6):1099-103. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.05.001.