Economic impact of fatal and nonfatal road traffic injuries in Belize in 2007 Repercusiones económicas de los traumatismos mortales y no mortales por accidentes de tránsito en Belice en 2007

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic cost of road traffic injuries in Belize in 2007. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary cost data, assuming the health system and social perspectives. Epidemiologic information was obtained from the mortality database, the national hospital...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, Martha Híjar-Medina, Ileana Heredia-Pi, Sandra Jones, Eugênia Maria Silveira-Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2010-11-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892010001100002