Marker of severity | No of injuries*† | Percentage | Mean comprehensive cost per injury (95% CI) ($) |
Type of injury | |||
Sprain | 996 | 33.9 | 9196 (6856 to 11 536) |
Strain | 541 | 18.4 | 9012 (7477 to 10 547) |
Bruise | 386 | 13.1 | 4748 (2992 to 6504) |
All other | 1018 | 34.6 | 28 262 (23 599 to 32 925) |
Body part injured | |||
Ankle | 648 | 21.8 | 11 925 (10 188 to 13 662) |
Knee | 456 | 15.4 | 8868 (7157 to 10 579) |
Shoulder | 224 | 7.5 | 13 254 (7427 to 19 081) |
All other | 1645 | 55.3 | 15 985 (13 394 to 18 576) |
Level of medical care | |||
Non-ED | 2194 | 77.5 | 8209 (7764 to 8654) |
ED | 553 | 19.5 | 14 535 (13 094 to 15 976) |
Hospital admission | 86 | 3.0 | 166 960 (132 546 to 201 374) |
Time lost from participation | |||
No time lost | 671 | 22.5 | 15 188 (13 240 to 17 136) |
<1 week | 1433 | 47.9 | 8995 (7162 to 10 828) |
1–3 weeks | 559 | 18.7 | 12 540 (10 592 to 14 488) |
>3 weeks | 327 | 10.9 | 35 336 (25 830 to 44 842) |
*Number of injuries and percentages reflect the use of normalized weights.
†Frequencies may not add up to 2990 because of missing data: type of injury n = 49 (1.6%); body part injured n = 17 (0.6%); level of medical care n = 157 (5.3%).