DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW INJURY COST SCALE

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ZEIDLER, F MERCEDES-BENZ AG, SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY PLETSCHEN, B MERCEDES-BENZ AG, SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY SCHEUNERT, D MERCEDES-BENZ AG, SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY MATTERN, B INST FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE, GERMANY ALT, B INST FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE, GERMANY MIKSCH, T INST FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE, GERMANY EICHENDOEF, W WORKER'S COMPENSATION, ST AUGUSTIN, GERMANY REISS, S WORKER'S COMPENSATION, ST AUGUSTIN, GERMANY
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Abstract

The Automobile Technique Research Association at Frankfurt, the Institute for Forensic Medicine at Mainz, the Federal Highway Research Institute at Bergisch-Gladbach, the German Motor Vehicle Inspection Association at Stuttgart, and the German Worker's Compensation atSt Augustin have completed a joint research project dealing with injury costs due to automobile accidents. The data for this social cost analysis were based on costs for administrative expenses, medical treatment, rehabilitation measures, social security payment, and loss of income, which were all paid by Worker's Compensation for single, well-documented injuries to the working population in West Germany(15 to 65 years old). The data base used included 15, 407 injured and 1, 026 fatal road accident victims. Tables are presented which showthe costs associated with various injury levels. The result is an injury cost scale (ICS) that might be a base for establishing priorities of safety measures. The ICS has to be seen as supplemental to the AIS (Abbreviated Injury Scale). (A).

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ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 1993 E25 6 PAG: 675-87 T17

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