@article{ref1,
title="A cost-benefit analysis of legislation for bicycle safety helmets in Israel",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="1994",
author="Silverberg, D. S. and Ginsberg, G. M.",
volume="84",
number="4",
pages="653-656",
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 2,544 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.",
language="",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}