Economic consequences of accidents to hands and forearms by log splitters and circular saws: Cost of illness study
(2011) In Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery 45(1). p.28-34- Abstract
- We estimated costs associated with injuries to hands from log splitters and circular saws used to cut up firewood and assessed the value of prevention. The study was carried out as a cost of illness study with an incidence approach based on 57 consecutive patients (median age 51; range 8--81) with injuries to the hand or forearm. Twenty-six of the 57 had an amputation which required microsurgery and 31/57 had various injuries. Median Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS) reflecting the severity of all injuries was 67 (range 6--332). Median DASH score after 2--7 years was 12.5 (0--73.3). Total cost (direct costs, costs of lost productivity, and lost quality of life) was estimated to roughly EUR 14 million (EUR 2.8 million/year), where the cost... (More)
- We estimated costs associated with injuries to hands from log splitters and circular saws used to cut up firewood and assessed the value of prevention. The study was carried out as a cost of illness study with an incidence approach based on 57 consecutive patients (median age 51; range 8--81) with injuries to the hand or forearm. Twenty-six of the 57 had an amputation which required microsurgery and 31/57 had various injuries. Median Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS) reflecting the severity of all injuries was 67 (range 6--332). Median DASH score after 2--7 years was 12.5 (0--73.3). Total cost (direct costs, costs of lost productivity, and lost quality of life) was estimated to roughly EUR 14 million (EUR 2.8 million/year), where the cost of lost quality of life is 82% of the total cost and loss of productivity and direct costs are 9% each. Injuries sustained from log splitters and circular saws account for considerable costs, but first and foremost human suffering. (Less)
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- author
- Eriksson, Martin
; Karlsson, Johan
; Steen Carlsson, Katarina
LU
; Dahlin, Lars LU
and Rosberg, HansE LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Hand injury, cost of illness, log splitter, circular saw, DASH
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery
- volume
- 45
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 28 - 34
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- wos:000288167000006
- scopus:79952769790
- pmid:21446797
- ISSN
- 1651-2073
- DOI
- 10.3109/2000656X.2010.542654
- project
- Socio-economic effects of hand injuries in adults and children
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Lund University Centre for Health Economics (LUCHE) (016630120), The Vårdal Institute (016540000), Hand Surgery Research Group (013241910), Reconstructive Surgery (013240300)
- id
- 7fdb4068-3bef-4e02-8e13-88bd898d2157 (old id 1868190)
- alternative location
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=21446797
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 15:01:37
- date last changed
- 2023-09-03 22:24:57
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