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The cost-effectiveness of mandatory 20 mph zones for the prevention of injuries

Author(s) -

Jaime Peters,

Robert Anderson

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fds067

Subject(s) - traffic calming , public health , cost–benefit analysis , business , cost effectiveness , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , environmental health , suicide prevention , public economics , medicine , transport engineering , economics , risk analysis (engineering) , political science , engineering , nursing , pathology , law

Traffic calming and speed limits are major public health strategies for further reducing road injuries, especially for vulnerable pedestrians such as children and the elderly. We conducted a cost-benefit analysis (CBA-favoured by transport economists) alongside a cost-utility analysis (CUA-favoured by health economists) of mandatory 20 mph zones, providing a unique opportunity to compare assumptions and results.

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