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/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Contract No FH-11-7615
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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.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Cost effectiveness; Countermeasures; Drunk driving; Highway safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
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