Injury rate and socioeconomic costs resulting from sports injuries in Flanders: data derived from sports insurance statistics 2003

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 767-772

  Cumps, E ^a,b   Verhagen, E ^c   Armenians, L ^d   Meeusen, R ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Policy Research Centre Sport Physical Activity and Health   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; SWIMMING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BELGIUM; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 52249091944     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.037937     Document Type: Article

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