Table 3

Hospitalisation and costs by mechanism of injury

Characteristics	Total (n)	(%)	Rock and ice fall (n)	(%)	Other mechanisms of injury(n)	(%)
Use of the resuscitation room	37	47.44	7	38.89	30	50.00
Procedure
outpatient treatment	34	43.59	8	44.44	26	43.33
hospitalisation	44	56.41	10	55.56	34	56.67
Duration of hospitalisation in days
0	34	43.59	8	44.44	26	43.33
1–5	24	30.77	7	38.89	17	28.33
6–10	9	11.54	1	5.56	8	13.33
11–15	7	8.97	2	11.11	5	8.33
16–20	4	5.13	0	0.00	4	6.67
Therapy
no surgery	45	57.69	11	61.11	34	56.67
surgery	33	42.31	7	38.89	26	43.33
Inability to work
none	14	17.95	5	27.78	9	15.00
certificate of incapacity for work	46	58.94	12	66.67	34	56.67
no information / transferred	17	21.79	1	5.56	16	26.67
Costs in CHF
1–10 000	51	65.38	13	72.22	38	63.33
10 001–20 000	9	11.54	3	16.67	6	10.00
20 001–30 000	7	8.97	0	0.00	7	11.67
30'001–40 000	5	6.41	0	0.00	5	8.33
>40 000	6	7.69	2	11.11	4	6.67
mean	12 283		10 894		12 700
Total	958 105	100.00	196 105	20.47	762 000	79.53

CHF, Swiss franc currency.