The Economic Burden of Poisoning in British Columbia
department or school: Medicine, Faculty of
department or school: Pediatrics, Department of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit
contributor: Centre for Community Child Health Research
contributor: Child and Family Research Institute
creator: Pike, Ian, 1958-
creator: Han, Guanghong
creator: Kinney, Jacqueline
creator: Smith, Dorry
issued: 2021-10-01T19:28:39Z
issued: 2006
description: A report on the economic burden of poisoning in British Columbia
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/79832
note: The Economic Burden of Poisoning in British Columbia Ian Pike, PhD Guanghong Han, PhD Jacqueline Kinney, BSc Dorry Smith, MSc BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit Centre for Community Child Health Research Child and Family Research Institute Vancouver, BC Page i The Economic Cost of Poisoning in British Columbia, Canada. Pike, I., PhD12, Han, G., PhD1, Kinney, J., BSc 1, Smith, D., MPH1 1 BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2 Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Abstract Introduction: Unintentional poisoning is among the top three causes of death and hospitalization in BC, and is the leading cause of injury among certain populations. Policy makers are in need of better decision-making tools and more comprehensive information to assist them in allocating scarce resources more effectively in order to reduce this preventable injury. Purpose: To estimate the economic burden of poisonings (fatal, hospitalized, attended by medical and paramedical professionals, but not hospitalized) through an examination of the human and economic costs of poisoning in BC for the year 2003. Methods: The number of poisoning episodes in 2003 is described, including the seriousness of the poisoning event, the mechanism and nature of the poisoning, and the relative distributions by age group and sex. The approach taken with respect to the estimation of the economic cost of poisoning allows for the determination of ‘opportunity costs’ to society. By translating poisoning-related injury and premature death into direct and indirect costs, estimates can be made which is an approximation of what society would gain if the poisoning-related injuries and deaths associated with these costs were prevented. Results: In 2003, poisoning resulted in 301 fatalities, 4,939 hospitalizations, 5,204 emergency department visits, and 24,829 poisonings or human exposures resulting in ambulance attendance, not transferred o…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0402380
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Faculty
scholar level: Researcher
subject: Poisoning
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79832