TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - A cost-benefit analysis of legislation for bicycle safety helmets in Israel
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Silverberg, D. S.
A1  - Ginsberg, G. M.
SP  - 653
EP  - 656
VL  - 84
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -