Helmets prevent motorcycle injuries with significant economic benefits.

Conclusion: Helmets protect patients from head and neck injuries, which results in less severe injuries and a more benign hospital course. Helmet use results in significant inpatient cost savings plus additional care and social cost savings by reducing the need for further institutional care. We recommend legal and social measures to induce and encourage helmet use. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Traffic Injury Prevention to view the supplemental file. PMID: 23697897 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - May 27, 2013 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Philip AF, Fangman W, Liao J, Lilienthal M, Choi K Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research