Costs of hospitalization of injured motorcyclists in Illinois : public policy implications.

Author(s)
Mortimer, R.G. & Petrucelli, E.
Year
Abstract

Costs of hospitalization of 331 motorcyclist at three regional trauma centers in Illinois showed that those with head injuries incurred greater costs than those without head injuries, and represented about 25% of the cases. An estimate was mate of savings in medical and hospitalization costs if all motorcyclists wore helmets.

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Publication

Library number
B 23770 (In: B 23751 [electronic version only]) /84/ IRRD 281833
Source

In: Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine, Denver, Colorado, October 8-10, 1984, p. 225-235, tab., ref.

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