Overall cost of injuries in South Korea
Type of cost | NHI+AID | AI | Total | |||
Costs | % | Costs | % | Costs | % | |
Direct costs | 3586 | 12.9 | 1116 | 9.2 | 4703 | 11.8 |
Direct healthcare costs | 2591 | 9.3 | 450 | 3.7 | 3041 | 7.6 |
Direct non-healthcare costs | 995 | 3.6 | 667 | 5.5 | 1662 | 4.2 |
Patient travel costs | 343 | 1.2 | 42 | 0.3 | 385 | 1.4 |
Caregiver costs | 652 | 2.4 | 625 | 5.2 | 1277 | 3.2 |
Indirect costs | 24 161 | 87.1 | 10 973 | 90.8 | 35 134 | 88.2 |
Premature death | 15 883 | 57.2 | 8484 | 70.2 | 24 367 | 61.2 |
Absence from work | 1328 | 4.8 | 757 | 6.3 | 2085 | 5.2 |
Disability | 6950 | 25.0 | 1733 | 14.3 | 8683 | 21.8 |
Total costs | 27 747 | 100.0 | 12 090 | 100.0 | 39 837 | 100.0 |
Unit: millions of dollars (exchange rate, 1 US$=948 Korean won in 2006).
AI, Automobile Insurance; AID, National Medical Care Aid; NHI, National Health Insurance.