Charity Jumps and the NHS

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I found this on the web. What do you think or know about this?
Quote: "CHARITY parachute jumps are costing huge amounts more than they ever raise because of the cost of treating accidents."
I know that it is an older article but it would be nice to discredit the statement in another web forum I´m involved with.
Thanks in advance
clicky

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Unfortunately, you need to pay an inordinate amount of money to see the full paper, but from what I've seen of the synopsis, there are major holes, not only in the cost of the jumps, and the amount raised for charity, but also whether they're all charity jumpers in the first place. The hospital the study was done at is the closest to my local DZ, so I'm curious as to the exact details...if whoever it is on the other forum can produce/get their hands on the actual paper, I'd be very interested...also bear in mind this was problably taken from 1993-1998, so it's already 8 years out of date...

Abstract below:

Parachuting for charity: is it worth the money? A 5-year audit of parachute injuries in Tayside and the cost to the NHS.

Lee CT, Williams P, Hadden WA.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perth Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK.

All parachute injuries from two local parachute centres over a 5-year period were analysed. Of 174 patients with injuries of varying severity, 94% were first-time charity-parachutists. The injury rate in charity-parachutists was 11% at an average cost of 3751 Pounds per casualty. Sixty-three percent of casualties who were charity-parachutists required hospital admission, representing a serious injury rate of 7%, at an average cost of 5781 Pounds per patient. The amount raised per person for charity was 30 Pounds. Each pound raised for charity cost the NHS 13.75 Pounds in return. Parachuting for charity costs more money than it raises, carries a high risk of serious personal injury and places a significant burden on health resources.

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