Burden of Sport Injuries in the European Union - Safety in Sports

9.2 Results
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9 | February 2012
The application of the cost factors of table 17 to the estimated figures of figure/table 15 (Bauer
& Steiner 2009) leads to estimated direct health costs of sport injuries of at least 2.4 billion
€ in 2012, as tabled in figure/table 19.
Fatalites
In-Patients
ED-
Patients
GP-
Patients
Cases per year
[1]
Total 8.400.000
[1] Bauer & Steiner 2009
Average cost per case (€)
[2]
Estimated total costs per year
(€) [3]
7.000 434 x 5.4 = 2.344 3500 x 2344 = 8.200.000
600.000 434 x 5.4 + 118 = 2.462 600000 x 2462 = 1.477.200.000
5.200.000 118 5200000 x 118 = 613.600.000
2.600.000 118 2600000 x 118 = 312.000.000
2.411.000.000
[2] Polider et al. 2004: Average costs per inpatient case comprise 2.344 € for admission
of 5,4 days on average plus 118 € ED costs of one follow-up treatment; estimated
values for 2012, adjusted for the inflation 1999-2011, EUROSTAT, 2012.
[3] 50% of fatalities assumed to occur in hospitals
Table/Figure 19: The medical cost of sports injuries in the European Union (EU27)
This methodology allows for indications e.g. of general settings, activities, injury
types or age groups that should be given priority in injury control policy in Europe.