Productivity losses from injury in China

Objective: To examine the productivity losses and costs of injury and disease in China using an improved approach. Methods: Potentially productive years of life lost (PPYLL) were calculated for injury and four major disease groups (respiratory, cardiovascular, infectious, neoplastic). Data sources:...

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Published in:Injury prevention 2003-06, Vol.9 (2), p.124-127
Main Authors: Zhou, Y, Baker, T D, Rao, K, Li, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - economics
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Age groups
China
China - epidemiology
Cost of Illness
Costs
DALYs
disability adjusted years of life lost
Discount rates
Disease control
Disease prevention
Economic aspects
Economic development
Economics
Efficiency
Female
Forecasts and trends
Health services
Humans
Injuries
International organizations
Labor productivity
Life Tables
Male
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Motor vehicles
Original
Poisoning
Poisons
Population
potentially productive years of life lost
PPYLL
Prevention programs
Productivity
productivity loss
Public health
QALYs
quality adjusted life years
Rural areas
Rural Health
Studies
Traffic accidents & safety
Urban Health
Vehicles
Work-related injuries
Wounds and Injuries - economics
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
years of potential life lost
YPLL
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Summary:Objective: To examine the productivity losses and costs of injury and disease in China using an improved approach. Methods: Potentially productive years of life lost (PPYLL) were calculated for injury and four major disease groups (respiratory, cardiovascular, infectious, neoplastic). Data sources: The mortality data are from the 1999 National Health Statistics Report and the morbidity data from the 1998 Second National Health Service Survey Report. Results: Injuries caused an annual PPYLL of 12.6 million years, more than for any disease group. The estimated annual economic cost of injury is equivalent to US$12.5 billion, almost four times the total public health services budget of China. Motor vehicle fatalities accounted for 25% of the total PPYLL from all injury deaths. Conclusion: Injury control and prevention programs merit priority to reflect the social and economic burden of injury in China.
ISSN:1353-8047
1475-5785
DOI:10.1136/ip.9.2.124