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Economics of sports injury and participation

The purpose of this project is to quantify the health spending related to physical activity within the Australian population. This is done by assessing: costs due to immediate and long term risk of injuries; and the avoided health spending due to better health status.

Project Owner: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Year commenced: 2020
Anticipated completion:
Status: Ongoing
Project ID: ID-221130-7315

Publications

Title: Economics of sports injury and participation – Preliminary results
Type Report
Details: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Economics of sports injury and participation – Preliminary results, catalogue number INJCAT 224, AIHW, Australian Government.
Link: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/economics-of-sports-injury-and-participation/summary
Access/Audience: Open
Date: 18 February 2022
Title: Economics of sports injury - web report
Type: Published (on website)
Details: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Economics of sports injury, catalogue number INJCAT 230, AIHW, Australian Government.
Link: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/economics-of-sports-injuries/contents/about
Access/Audience: Open
Date: 30 November 2022
Title: National sports injury data strategy
Type: Other
Details: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) National sports injury data strategy, catalogue number INJCAT 222, AIHW, Australian Government.
Link: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/national-sports-injury-data-strategy/summary
Access/Audience: Open
Date: 18 February 2022

Project owner

Contact Name: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Contact Information: info@aihw.gov.au

Project Partner

Organisation Australian Sports Commission (ASC)
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