The Impact of Texting Bans on Motor Vehicle Crash–Related Hospitalizations | Zendy

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The Impact of Texting Bans on Motor Vehicle Crash–Related Hospitalizations

Author(s) -

Alva O. Ferdinand,

Nir Menachemi,

Justin Blackburn,

Bisakha Sen,

Leonard J. Nelson,

Michael A. Morrisey

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302537

Subject(s) - crash , medicine , environmental health , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , demography , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , medical emergency , pathology , sociology , computer science , programming language

We used a panel design and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 19 states between 2003 and 2010 to examine the impact of texting bans on crash-related hospitalizations. We conducted conditional negative binomial regressions with state, year, and month fixed effects to examine changes in crash-related hospitalizations in states after the enactment of a texting ban relative to those in states without such bans. Results indicate that texting bans were associated with a 7% reduction in crash-related hospitalizations among all age groups. Texting bans were significantly associated with reductions in hospitalizations among those aged 22 to 64 years and those aged 65 years or older. Marginal reductions were seen among adolescents. States that have not passed strict texting bans should consider doing so.

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