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Economics of sports injury
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Economics of sports injury and participation – preliminary results
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Economics of sports injury and participation – preliminary results
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Topic: Sports injury
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2022) Economics of sports injury and participation – preliminary results, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 4 June 2026, doi:10.25816/rwdt-sf88.
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the health spending related to physical activity within the Australian population. This was done by assessing costs due to immediate and long-term risk of injuries, and the avoided health spending due to better health status. This initial report presents estimates of hospital spending related to emergency departments and hospital admissions (where diagnosis and external cause data is available).
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-949-7
- DOI: 10.25816/rwdt-sf88
- Cat. no: INJCAT 224
- Pages: 44
Findings from this report:
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Injuries related to physical activity cost $164 million in emergency departments and $600 million for admitted patients
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Injury spending in emergency departments due to physical activity was highest for other injuries ($51 million)
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Injury spending due to physical activity for admitted patients was highest for other fractures ($205 million)
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Managing health conditions due to physical inactivity was estimated to cost the health system $968 million