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- Title
The medical and retrieval costs of road crashes in rural and remote northern Queensland, 2004-2007: findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study.
- Authors
O'Connor, Teresa; Hanks, Heather A.; Elcock, Mark S.; Turner, Richard C.; Veitch, Craig
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study which investigated the costs of retrieval, transport and acute medical services associated with road crashes in northern Queensland from March 2004 to June 2007. The study included 696 people aged 16 years or older who were involved in a road crash accidents and were hospitalized for a minimum of 24 hours after the crash. It discovered the economic costs of rural and remote road crashes in northern Queensland.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; TRAFFIC accidents; MEDICAL care costs; EMERGENCY medical services; TRANSPORT of sick &; wounded
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2009, Vol 190, Issue 2, p54
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02274.x