ON THE APPLICABILITY OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES TO ALCOHOL-HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAMS

CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE APPLICATION OF COST-EFFECTIVNESS PROCEDURES AS ONE MEANS OF DETERMINING THE MOST PRODUCTIVE MIX OF ALCOHOL-HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES. KEY PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING VALID COST-EFFECTIVENESS PROCEDURES IN THIS REALM ARE DISCUSSED. ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF APPROACHES ARE CONSIDERED; NAMELY, THE SIMPLISTIC "RULE-OF-THUMB" APPROACH AND THE SOPHISTICATED MODEL-BUILDING APPROACH. A THIRD APPROACH IS DISCUSSED, INVOLVING THE PHASED DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYTIC PROCEDURE. /NTIS/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Contract No FH-11-7615
  • Corporate Authors:

    Highway Safety Research Institute

    Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
    Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
  • Authors:
    • Saalberg, J H
  • Publication Date: 1971-12-23

Media Info

  • Pagination: 33 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00221915
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jun 25 1973 12:00AM