Costs of injuries due to interpersonal and self-directed violence in Thailand, 2005.
Violence, a serious public health problem in Thailand, remains largely unknown for its economic costs. This study is a national-level economic cost-estimates of injury from interpersonal and self-directed violence for Thailand during 2005 using the World Health Organization-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines. Direct medical costs from self-directed violence totaled 569 million Baht (THB) while the cost of interpersonal violence was THB 1.3 billion. Productivity losses for injuries due to self-directed violence were estimated at THB 12.2 billion and those for interpersonal violence were THB 14.4 billion. The total direct medical cost, thus, accounted for about 4% of Thailand's total health budget while the productivity losses accounted for approximately 0.4% of Thailand s GDP In summary, interpersonal and self-directed violence caused a total loss of 33.8 billion baht for Thailand in 2005. More than 90% of the economic loss was incurred from productivity loss and about four-fifths came from men.
Bundhamcharoen
Kanitta
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International Health Policy Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Odton
Patarapan
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Mugem
Suwanna
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Phulkerd
Sirinya
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Dhisayathikom
Kanjana
K
Brown
David W
DW
Tangcharoensathien
Viroj
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health; D013405:Suicide / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult