8
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      El valor social de los motociclistas muertos en Colombia Translated title: Social value of motorcycle related deaths in Colombia

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Resumen En Colombia, en 2014 existían 5 546 029 motocicletas registradas. Entre2010y 2014 murieron 11 948 motociclistas, entre conductores y pasajeros (10.331, 86,4 % fueron hombres); 2 673 de ellos en 2014, un incremento de 27 % con respecto a 2010. El quinquenio de edad con más fallecidos en 2014 fue el de 20 a 24 años, con 552 muertos (488 hombres y 64 mujeres). En total, los motociclistas fallecidos ese año en Colombia perdieron 122 488 años de vida potencial. Si se aplicara el valor financiero de la vida que se utiliza en estudios de costo-efectividad (que equivale a tres veces el producto interno bruto per cápita por año de vida ganado), que en ese año fue de $15 893 361 (USD 7944), esas muertes tendrían un costo social de $5,84 billones de pesos. Para cubrir ese costo, cada motocicleta debería aportarle al sistema de salud \(1 053 049 (USD 526) anuales.

          Translated abstract

          Abstract In Colombia, in 2014 there were 5 546 029 registered motorcycles. In the period 2010-2014 11 948 motorcyclists died, including both drivers and passengers (10,331, 86.4 % were men), 2,673 of them died in 2014, an increase of 27 % compared with 2010. The most affected five-year age group in that year was 20 to 24 years, with 552 dead (488 men and 64 women). In total, the motorcyclists who died that year in Colombia lost 122 488 years of potential life. If the financial value of life used in cost-effectiveness studies (equivalent to three times the per capita gross domestic product per year of life earned) were applied, (in that year, it was COP 15,893,361 or USD 7944), those deaths would have a social cost of \) 5.84 trillion pesos. To cover this cost, each motorcycle should contribute $ 1 053 049 (USD 526) per year to the health system to compensate for the deaths associated with them.

          Related collections

          Most cited references9

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: found
          • Article: not found

          The value of statistical life in road safety: a meta-analysis.

          Costs of accidents make up an important part of the total external cost of traffic. A substantial proportion of accident costs is related to fatal accidents. In the evaluation of fatal accident costs the availability of an estimate of the economic value of a statistical life is pivotal. We present an overview of the empirical literature on the value of statistical life in road safety (VOSL), and use meta-analysis to determine variables that explain the variation in VOSL estimates reported in the literature. We show that the magnitude of VOSL estimates depends on the value assessment approach (particularly, stated versus revealed preference), and for contingent valuation studies also on the type of payment vehicle and elicitation format. We explain that VOSL estimates cannot simply be averaged over studies. The magnitude of VOSL is intrinsically linked to the initial level of the risk of being caught up in a fatal traffic accident and to the risk decline implied by the research set-up.
            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: found
            • Article: not found

            Value of a statistical life in road safety: a benefit-transfer function with risk-analysis guidance based on developing country data.

            We model a value of statistical life (VSL) transfer function for application to road-safety engineering in developing countries through an income-disaggregated meta-analysis of scope-sensitive stated preference VSL data. The income-disaggregated meta-analysis treats developing country and high-income country data separately. Previous transfer functions are based on aggregated datasets that are composed largely of data from high-income countries. Recent evidence, particularly with respect to the income elasticity of VSL, suggests that the aggregate approach is deficient because it does not account for a possible change in income elasticity across income levels. Our dataset (a minor update of the OECD database published in 2012) includes 123 scope-sensitive VSL estimates from developing countries and 185 scope-sensitive estimates from high-income countries. The transfer function for developing countries gives VSL=1.3732E-4×(GDP per capita)(∧)2.478, with VSL and GDP per capita expressed in 2005 international dollars (an international dollar being a notional currency with the same purchasing power as the U.S. dollar). The function can be applied for low- and middle-income countries with GDPs per capita above $1268 (with a data gap for very low-income countries), whereas it is not useful above a GDP per capita of about $20,000. The corresponding function built using high-income country data is VSL=8.2474E+3×(GDP per capita)(∧).6932; it is valid for high-income countries but over-estimates VSL for low- and middle-income countries. The research finds two principal significant differences between the transfer functions modeled using developing-country and high-income-country data, supporting the disaggregated approach. The first of these differences relates to between-country VSL income elasticity, which is 2.478 for the developing country function and .693 for the high-income function; the difference is significant at p<0.001. This difference was recently postulated but not analyzed by other researchers. The second difference is that the traffic-risk context affects VSL negatively in developing countries and positively in high-income countries. The research quantifies uncertainty in the transfer function using parameters of the non-absolute distribution of relative transfer errors. The low- and middle-income function is unbiased, with a median relative transfer error of -.05 (95% CI: -.15 to .03), a 25th percentile error of -.22 (95% CI: -.29 to -.19), and a 75th percentile error of .20 (95% CI: .14 to .30). The quantified uncertainty characteristics support evidence-based approaches to sensitivity analysis and probabilistic risk analysis of economic performance measures for road-safety investments.
              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: found
              • Article: found
              Is Open Access

              Efectos de las intervenciones diseñadas para prevenir las muertes de motociclistas en Cali, Colombia (1993-2001)

              OBJETIVO: Este estudio se ideó para describir el efecto de las intervenciones dirigidas a disminuir las muertes de los motociclistas. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se analizaron las variaciones en la mortalidad de motociclistas en Cali, al momento de aplicarse las intervenciones, y el significado estadístico de dichos cambios, entre 1993 y 2001. RESULTADOS: La tasa de muerte de motociclistas por cada 100 000 habitantes se redujo de 9.7 en 1995 a 3.6 en 2001. La mayor reducción se observó después de la introducción del uso del casco protector en 1996 (12.3%). Otras medidas como la obligatoriedad del casco para los pasajeros, el uso del chaleco reflectivo, la prohibición de usar motocicletas en días de diciembre y la exigencia de cursos para infractores redujeron en su conjunto aún más la mortalidad, mientras que el debilitamiento de la vigilancia la incrementó. CONCLUSIONES: La implantación y ejecución de medidas combinadas de prevención resultan más efectivas que las medidas individuales o desarticuladas.
                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Journal
                sun
                Revista Salud Uninorte
                Salud, Barranquilla
                Fundación Universidad del Norte, División de Ciencias de la (Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia )
                0120-5552
                2011-7531
                December 2018
                : 34
                : 3
                : 806-813
                Affiliations
                [1] Bogotá Bogotá orgnamePontificia Universidad Javeriana orgdiv1Facultad de Medicina orgdiv2Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística Colombia
                Article
                S0120-55522018000300806
                40d1df5f-c494-4389-a490-dc6f52fc77f5

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 27 October 2017
                : 16 March 2017
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 17, Pages: 8
                Product

                SciELO Colombia

                Categories
                Artìculos de Reflexión

                life expectancy,mortalidad,mortality,motorcycles,esperanza de vida,costo de enfermedad,costos y análisis de costo,Accidentes de tránsito,Accidents, traffic, costs and cost analysis, cost of illness

                Comments

                Comment on this article