Table 1.

Costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses, according to Thai Labor Act Number 18 (1–4) and Number 19 [8]

Cost category	Component	Description
Direct
Medical and emergency services	Medical cost	Hospital inpatient/outpatient
		Transport/ambulance
		Physicians, nurses, etc.
		Drugs/laboratory tests
		Counseling
	Rehabilitation cost
Nonmedical	Work compensation cost	Types I–IV∗
	Funeral cost
Indirect
Forgone earning loss†	Work compensation cost	Types I–IV

^∗Type I: paid 60% monthly allowance for temporary disability >3 days (paid for a maximum of 1 year); type II: paid 60% monthly allowance for permanent partial disability (paid for a maximum of 10 years); type III: paid 60% monthly allowance for permanent total disability (paid for a maximum of 15 years); and type IV: paid 60% monthly allowance for death (paid for a maximum of 8 years).

^†Estimated costs according to different types of work compensation costs (type I–IV).