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The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada

The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada. Philip Groff, PhD Director, Research & Evaluation SMARTRISK BCIRPU Teleconference Series September 24, 2009. A New Report.

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The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada

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  1. The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada • Philip Groff, PhD • Director, Research & Evaluation • SMARTRISK • BCIRPU Teleconference Series • September 24, 2009

  2. A New Report • The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada, builds on and expands our original 1998 economic burden study, The Economic Burden of Unintentional Injury in Canada. • Added provincial breakdowns of data • Added intentional injuries • Used ICD-10 coded data • Released August 17, 2009

  3. Our Partners

  4. Methodology • Human Capital approach from a societal perspective • Focus is on injuries, not events • Incidence Costing • Costs were analyzed using the ERAT, which combined existing data with variables from literature

  5. Methodology, cont. • Direct Costs: value of resources used to treat individual • Goods and services used for any treatment • Indirect Costs: value lost to society as result of injury • Costs to societal productivity (ex. value of time lost from work and homemaking)

  6. The Human Cost of Injury

  7. Total Burden of Injury, Canada, 2004

  8. Direct and Indirect Costs • The direct costs (health care costs arising from injuries) of injury in 2004 were 54% of total injury costs. • The indirect costs (costs related to reduced productivity from hospitalization, disability and premature death) were 46% of total costs arising from injury.

  9. Economic Burden by Intent • Unintentional injuries (transportation, falls, drowning, fire/burns, unintentional poisoning, sport, and other unintentional causes) accounted for 81% of injury costs. • Intentional injuries accounted for a further 17% of total costs. • Injuries of undetermined intent for the remaining 2%

  10. Total Burden of Injury, by Select Causes, 2004

  11. Total Burden of Injury, British Columbia, 2004

  12. Direct and Indirect Costs, BC • The direct costs (health care costs arising from injuries) of injury in 2004 were 56% of total injury costs. • The indirect costs (costs related to reduced productivity from hospitalization, disability and premature death) were 44% of total costs arising from injury.

  13. Economic Burden by Intent, BC • Unintentional injuries (transportation, falls, drowning, fire/burns, unintentional poisoning, sport, and other unintentional causes) accounted for 81% of injury costs. • Intentional injuries accounted for a further 17% of total costs. • Injuries of undetermined intent for the remaining 2%

  14. Burden of Injury, by Select Causes, BC, 2004

  15. Top 10 Mortality Rates, by Injury Category, Ages 0-14, BC, 2004

  16. Top 10 Mortality Rates, by Injury Category, Ages 15-19, BC, 2004

  17. Top 10 Mortality Rates, by Injury Category, Ages 65+, BC, 2004

  18. Top 10 Hospitalization Rates, by Injury Category, Ages 0-14, BC, 2004

  19. Top 10 Hospitalization Rates, by Injury Category, Ages 15-19, BC, 2004

  20. Top 10 Hospitalization Rates, by Injury Category, Ages 65+, BC, 2004

  21. Top 10 Total Costs, by Injury Category, Ages 0-14, BC, 2004

  22. Top 10 Total Costs, by Injury Category, Ages 15-19, BC, 2004

  23. Top 10 Total Costs, by Injury Category, Ages 65+, BC, 2004

  24. Conclusion • Need a comprehensive national injury prevention strategy and complementary strategies at the provincial level. • We have the capacity to develop, implement and demonstrate the positive impact such strategies would have. We need leadership • Injury can be prevented, lives saved and a significant drain on our public resources stopped • We can make a difference!

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