Impact of road traffic injuries on disability rates and long-term care costs in Spain

Road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of increasing disability-adjusted life expectancy. The authors analyze long-term care needs associated with motor vehicle crash-related disability in Spain and conclude that needs attributable traffic injuries are most prevalent during victims’ mid-life years. They create a significant burden for both families and society as a whole given that public welfare programmes supporting these victims need to be maintained over a long time frame. High socio-economic costs of road traffic accidents (in Spain 0.04% of the GDP in 2008) are clearly indicative of the need for governments and policymakers to strengthen road accident preventive measures.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.016
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000145751300328X
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Alemany, Ramon
  • Ayuso, Mercedes
  • Guillén, Montserrat
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 95-102
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 60
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash injuries; Life expectancy; Physical disabilities; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Long term care
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01501579
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2013 7:52AM