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标题：A cost-benefit analysis of legislation for bicycle safety helmets in Israel.
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作者：G M Ginsberg ; D S Silverberg
期刊名称：American journal of public health
印刷版ISSN：0090-0036
出版年度：1994
卷号：84
期号：4
页码：653-656
出版社：American Public Health Association
摘要：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 2544 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.