$2.6b injury pain
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Tuesday, 8 April, 2003 - 22:00
INJURIES cost Australia $2.6 billion annually, or 8.3 per cent of the recurrent health expenditure, a recent conference has been told.
Department of Health and Ageing Population Health Division first assistant secretary Ross O’Donoughue said only a national injury prevention plan that encouraged partnerships between government and non-government agencies would help solve the problem.