MEDICAL COSTS OF PEDIATRIC MOTOR VEHICLE TRAUMA

This study was designed as a preliminary investigation aimed at exploring variations in costs within a specific AIS category and to secondarily discuss the applicability of this type of cost analysis in assessing the effectiveness of a mandatory restraint use law. Data from 1982 (the year prior to implementation of the Child Passenger Protection Act) and 1983 (the first year after implementation) were used. The data were obtained from a larger ongoing data collection effort in emergency rooms and the coroner's office in a large urban California county. Variation of costs within the minor injury category were found. The specific injury method of cost calculation was found to be more precise than use of an average AIS-1 cost. This study also demonstrated that costs associated with emergency room evaluation of those who are in fact uninjured must be included in cost analyses of a public policy measure, e.g. a mandatory restraint use law. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287637. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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• Authors:
  • Agran, P F
  • Dunkle, D E
  • Winn, D
• Conference:
  • 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., United States
  • Date: 1985-10-7 to 1985-10-9
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 127-136
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE, WASHINGTON DC, OCTOBER 7-9, 1985

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Child restraint systems; Children; Conferences; Costs; Health care; Laws; Measures of effectiveness; Public policy; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: Abbreviated Injury Scale
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Effectiveness; Medical costs; Motor vehicle accidents
• ITRD Terms: 1758: Child; 8513: Classification; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 2163: Injury; 1556: Legislation; 9149: Prevention; 1476: Safety belt; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 8122: USA; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Law; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466731
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM