Home injuries in a Swedish municipality - consequences and costs / K Lindqvist, L Schelp, T Timpka

• To investigate home injuries and the related cost of illness in a defined community as a basis for a home injury prevention programme, all unintentional injuries treated at in- and outpatient facilities in Motala municipality (population 41000) Sweden, were recorded during a period of 1 year. More detail was obtained about home injuries with the help of standardized and structured surveys via telephone interviews, hospital records and death certificates. 

Ämnesord

Evaluation studies  (MeSH)

Housing  (MeSH)

Wounds and injuries  (MeSH)

Accidents  (MeSH)

Costs and cost analysis  (MeSH)

Sår och skador  (swemesh)

Olycksfall  (swemesh)

Bostäder  (swemesh)

Utvärderingsstudier  (swemesh)

Kostnader och kostnadsanalys  (swemesh)