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- Title
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Legislation for Bicycle Safety Helmets in Israel.
- Authors
Ginsberg, Gary M.; Silverberg, Don S.
- Abstract
Legislation requiring bicyclists to wear helmets in Israel will, over a helmet's 5-year duration (assuming 85% compliancy, 83.2% helmet efficiency for morbidity, and 70% helmet efficiency for mortality), save approximately 57 lives and result in approximately 2544 fewer hospitalizations; 13,355 and 26,634 fewer emergency room and ambulatory visits, respectively; and 832 and 115 fewer short-term and long-term rehabilitation cases, respectively. Total benefits ($60.7 million) from reductions in health service use ($44.2 million), work absences ($7.5 million), and mortality ($8.9 million) would exceed program costs ($20.1 million), resulting in a benefit-cost ratio of 3.01:1.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; BICYCLE helmets; CYCLISTS; COST effectiveness; SAFETY
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1994, Vol 84, Issue 4, p653
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.84.4.653