Integrated model of simulated occupant injury risk and real medical costs

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 461-468

  Liu, Wei Chung ^a   Doong, Ji Liang ^b   Tsai, Sing Ling ^c   Lai, Ching Huei ^d   Jeng, Ming Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^d Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

injury risk; integrated model; medical cost; modified kinematics simulation model

Indexed keywords

CAR SAFETY; COST MODELS; CRASH DATA; CRASH INJURY; DELTA-V; FRONTAL CRASHES; HEAD INJURIES; HEAD INJURY CRITERION; INJURY RISK; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; INTEGRATED MODEL; INTEGRATED MODELS; KINEMATICS SIMULATION; LABORATORY SIMULATION; MEDICAL TREATMENT; OCCUPANT INJURY; POLICE REPORTS; REAL WORLD DATA; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SIMULATION RESULT; VEHICLE INDUSTRY; VEHICLE MODEL;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COSTS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; KINEMATICS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; RISK PERCEPTION;

SIMULATORS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71549128381     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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