title: Impact of road traffic injuries on disability rates and long-term care costs in Spain.
abstract: Road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of increasing disability-adjusted life expectancy. We analyze long-term care needs associated with motor vehicle crash-related disability in Spain and conclude that needs attributable traffic injuries are most prevalent during victims' mid-life years, they create a significant burden for both families and society as a whole given that public welfare programmes supporting these victims need to be maintained over a long time frame. High socio-economic costs of road traffic accidents (in Spain 0.04% of the GDP in 2008) are clearly indicative of the need for governments and policymakers to strengthen road accident preventive measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Econometrics, Riskcenter, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 690, Barcelona 08034, Spain.
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alemany
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayuso
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guillén
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bodily injury; Expenditure on long-term care; Social care