Table 3

Cost of injuries before and after expert recoding, by cause of injury: PFD 2005–2013

	Original data				Expert recoded data				Change from expert recoding
Cause of injury	n	Mean (US$)	Median (US$)	Total (US$)	n	Mean (US$)	Median (US$)	Total (US$)	n	Mean (US$)	Median (US$)	Total (US$)
Cause of injury: total cost
Strain	604	11 002.75	2011.05	6 645 660.15	627	12 363.45	2116.62	7 751 883.04	23	1360.70	105.57	1 106 222.89
Fall	397	14 757.95	2355.96	5 858 906.39	397	14 757.95	2355.96	5 858 906.39	0	–	–	–
Burn	294	18 551.13	9942.19	5 454 032.89	369	16 854.78	2711.11	6 219 411.98	75	(1696.35)	(7231.08)	765 379.09
Struck-by	342	10 193.85	848.33	3 486 297.88	293	7994.60	776.00	2 342 418.15	−49	(2199.25)	(72.33)	(1 143 879.73)
Miscellaneous Causes	332	6526.83	797.94	2 166 907.86	256	5465.84	708.35	1 399 254.79	−76	(1060.99)	(89.60)	(767 653.07)
Cut, puncture, scrape	102	4971.90	910.90	507 133.45	102	4971.90	910.90	507 133.45	0	–	–	–
Motor vehicle	96	8539.77	1177.79	819 817.45	96	8539.77	1177.79	819 817.45	0	–	–	–
Striking against	50	5204.10	1340.68	260 205.01	77	3897.87	1027.40	300 135.83	27	(1306.23)	(313.28)	39 930.82
Caught in, under or between	70	12 018.13	1647.73	841 269.04	70	12 018.13	1647.73	841 269.04	0	–	–	–
Total	2287			26 040 230.12	2287			26 040 230.12	0			–
Lost time compensation costs
Burn	161	26 280.54	21 261.63	4 231 166.73	172	27 807.26	21 275.89	4 782 848.43	11	1526.72	14.26	551 681.70
Strain	156	14 467.52	1091.09	2 256 933.63	173	17 642.36	1882.72	3 052 128.35	17	3174.84	791.64	795 194.72
Fall	105	22 445.99	1816.10	2 356 829.17	105	22 445.99	1816.10	2 356 829.17	0	–	–	–
Struck-by	80	26 421.72	16 709.94	2 113 737.61	58	22 593.44	14 983.97	1 310 419.65	−22	(3828.28)	(1725.98)	(803 317.96)
Miscellaneous	31	35 664.97	17 108.36	1 105 614.15	20	27 696.62	14 038.41	553 932.45	−11	(7968.35)	(3069.95)	(551 681.70)
Cut, puncture, scrape	23	13 093.13	6557.00	301 142.00	23	13 093.13	6557.00	301 142.00	0	–	–	–
Caught in, under, between	20	25 365.25	613.08	507 304.92	20	25 365.25	613.08	507 304.92	0	–	–	–
Motor vehicle	13	13 479.29	2323.99	175 230.81	13	13 479.29	2323.99	175 230.81	0	–	–	–
Striking against	10	8691.12	1877.70	86 911.16	15	6335.63	1295.53	95 034.40	5	(2355.49)	(582.17)	8123.24
Total	599			13 134 870.18	599			13 134 870.18	0			–
Medical treatment costs
Strain	603	6661.55	1735.97	4 016 917.33	619	6598.07	1790.24	4 084 208.26	16	(63.48)	54.27	67 290.93
Fall	396	8047.40	2087.12	3 186 772.23	396	8047.40	2087.12	3 186 772.23	0	–	–	–
Struck-by	335	2868.71	710.30	961 017.32	293	2963.53	704.68	868 313.51	−42	94.82	(5.62)	(92 703.81)
Miscellaneous	327	2397.85	698.54	784 097.42	251	2606.33	644.96	654 188.80	−76	208.48		(129 908.62)
Burn	294	2536.87	706.42	745 840.99	369	2367.14	729.34	873 475.63	75	(169.73)	22.92	127 634.64
Cut, puncture, scrape	102	1528.54	737.66	155 911.23	102	1528.54	737.66	155 911.23	0	–	–	–
Motor vehicle	95	5836.18	789.61	554 436.73	95	5836.18	789.61	554 436.73	0	–	–	–
Caught in, under, between	68	3893.15	732.77	264 734.42	68	3893.15	732.77	264 734.42	0	–	–	–
Striking against	50	2730.49	1162.74	136 524.40	77	2132.61	784.91	164 211.26	27	(597.87)	(377.83)	27 686.86
Total	2270			10 806 252.07	2270			10 806 252.07	0			–

PFD, Philadelphia Fire Department.