Do life-saving regulations save lives ?

Summary, in English

Life-saving regulations may be counter-productive since they have an indirect mortality effect through the reduction in disposable income. This paper estimates the effect of income on mortality, controlling for the initial health status and a host of personal characteristics. The analysis is based on a random sample of the adult Swedish population of over 40,000 individuals followed up for 10-17 years. The income loss that will induce an expected fatality is estimated to be $6.8 million when the costs are borne equally among all adults, $8.4 million when the costs are borne proportionally to income and $9.8 million when the costs are borne progressively to income.

• Författare: Ulf Gerdtham; M Johannesson
• Avdelning/ar: Socialepidemiologi
• Publiceringsår: 2002
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 231-249
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
• Volym: 24
• Issue: 3
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015635518824
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Springer
• Ämne: Environmental Health and Occupational Health
• Nyckelord: risk-risk analysis; mortality; duration models; income; regulations
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Social Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1573-0476