title: [Direct costs involved in providing medical attention associated with traffic accidents in Bogotá].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the cost of medical attention associated with traffic accidents in Bogotá, Colombia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective observational study with data from adult patients attended to in the emergency centers of 6 hospitals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average total cost per patient was $1'112.000 COP. Average daily cost of hospitalized patients was $1'200.000 COP. Average cost of ambulatory treated patients ascended to $247.400 COP. Cost per accident calculated was $2'333.700 COP. In the whole city during study period, total medical costs were around $2.301'028.200 COP. All data was expressed in 2011 Colombian pesos.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The medical cost of transit accidents is a significant economic burden.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez-Restrepo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Hoover
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Quitian
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Salomé
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naranjo-Lujan
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rondón
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arango-Villegas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hurtado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: María Del Pilar
authors.initials: Mdel P
authors.lastname: Angarita
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Miguel Á
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Saavedra
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000191:economics*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004180:Direct Service Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014504:Urban Health; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult