CDC’s Injury Center Announces New WISQARS™ Module: Cost of Injury Reports

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Injury Center is pleased to announce the release of the new WISQARSTM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) Cost of Injury Reports. The module provides cost estimates for injury deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits where the patient was treated and released. The new module allows users to create reports of: medical costs (e.g., treatment and rehabilitation), work loss costs (e.g., lost wages, fringe benefits, and self-reported household services), and combined costs (medical plus work loss) based on a number of variables including: intent and mechanism (cause) of injury, body region and diagnosis of injury, geographic location (for deaths only), sex, and age.