Latin American Clinical Epidemiology Network Series – Paper 6: The influence of alcohol in traffic accidents and health care costs of it in Bogotá-Colombia

Carlos Gómez-Restrepo; Salomé Naranjo-Lujan; Martín Rondón; Andrés Acosta; Patricia Maldonado; Carlos Arango Villegas; Jaime Hurtado; Juan Carlos Hernández; María del Pilar Angarita; Marcela Peña; Miguel Ángel Saavedra; Hoover Quitian

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.10.003

Latin American Clinical Epidemiology Network Series – Paper 6: The influence of alcohol in traffic accidents and health care costs of it in Bogotá-Colombia

Carlos Gómez-Restrepo, Salomé Naranjo-Lujan, Martín Rondón, Andrés Acosta, Patricia Maldonado, Carlos Arango Villegas, Jaime Hurtado, Juan Carlos Hernández, María del Pilar Angarita, Marcela Peña, Miguel Ángel Saavedra, Hoover Quitian

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Abstract

Objectives In Colombia, some studies have estimated medical costs associated to traffic accidents. It is required to assess results by city or region and determine the influence of variables such as alcohol consumption. The main objective of this study was to identify health care costs associated to traffic accidents in Bogota and determine whether alcohol consumption can increase them. Study Design and Setting Cross-sectional costs study conducted in patients over 18 years treated in the emergency rooms of six different hospitals in Bogota, Colombia. Results The average total cost of medical care per patient was 628 USD, in Bogota-Colombia. The average cost per accident was estimated at 1,349 USD. On average, the total cost for health care for patients with positive blood alcohol level was 1.8 times higher than those who did not consume alcohol. The indirect costs were on average 115.3 USD per injured person. Numbers are expressed in 2011 U.S. dollars. Conclusion Alcohol consumption increases the risk of traffic accidents and direct medical health costs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	106-110
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	86
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.10.003
State	Published - Jun 2017

Keywords

Alcohol consumption
Cost of accidents
Health care
Health costs
Productivity
Traffic accident

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Gómez-Restrepo, C., Naranjo-Lujan, S., Rondón, M., Acosta, A., Maldonado, P., Arango Villegas, C., Hurtado, J., Hernández, J. C., Angarita, M. D. P., Peña, M., Saavedra, M. Á., & Quitian, H. (2017). Latin American Clinical Epidemiology Network Series – Paper 6: The influence of alcohol in traffic accidents and health care costs of it in Bogotá-Colombia. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 86, 106-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.10.003

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Latin American Clinical Epidemiology Network Series – Paper 6: The influence of alcohol in traffic accidents and health care costs of it in Bogotá-Colombia. / Gómez-Restrepo, Carlos; Naranjo-Lujan, Salomé; Rondón, Martín et al.
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