[Monetary value of the human costs of road traffic injuries in Spain].
Cost-benefit analyses in the field of road safety compute human costs as a key component of total costs. The present article presents two studies promoted by the Directorate-General for Traffic aimed at obtaining official values for the costs associated with fatal and non-fatal traffic injuries in Spain. We combined the contingent valuation approach and the (modified) standard gamble technique in two surveys administered to large representative samples (n1=2,020, n2=2,000) of the Spanish population. The monetary value of preventing a fatality was estimated to be 1.4 million euros. Values of 219,000 and 6,100 euros were obtained for minor and severe non-fatal injuries, respectively. These figures are comparable to those observed in neighboring countries.
Grupo de Trabajo en Economía de la Salud, Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España. Electronic address: jorgemp@um.es.
Jorge Eduardo
JE
Martínez Pérez
Grupo de Trabajo en Economía de la Salud, Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
Fernando Ignacio
FI
Sánchez Martínez
Grupo de Trabajo en Economía de la Salud, Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
José María
JM
Abellán Perpiñán
Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, España.
José Luis
JL
Pinto Prades
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000191:economics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D026712:Value of Life; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
Accident prevention; Análisis de coste-beneficio; Cost-benefit analysis; Prevención de accidentes; Social values; Valor de la vida; Valores sociales; Value of life