Open AccessCommunity-based injury prevention: effects on health care utilization
Author(s) -
Toomas Timpka,
Kent Lindqvist,
Lothar Schelp,
Mats Åhlgren
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.3.502
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , health care , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , economics , economic growth
Worldwide, an estimated 78 million people are disabled each year because of unintentional injuries and about 3 million die. The WHO Safe Community model is a framework for community-based injury prevention programmes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome on health care utilization of a Safe Community programme.
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