The Association of Gasoline Prices With Hospital Utilization and Costs for Motorcycle and Nonmotorcycle Motor Vehicle Injuries in the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID9103325
AuthorsHe Zhu (0000-0002-8732-3536, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, corresponding author), Fernando A Wilson (0000-0002-8801-9026, Department of Health Services Research and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE), Jim P Stimpson (0000-0002-1266-9436, City University of New York), Ozgur M Araz (0000-0003-2951-2301, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Jungyoon Kim (0000-0002-2396-9514, Department of Health Services Research and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE), Baojiang Chen (0000-0002-9683-9390, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE), Li-Tzy Wu, Li‐Tzy Wu (0000-0002-5909-2259, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume54
Issue9
Pages837-844
Publication date2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/mlr.0000000000000553
PMID27116108
OpenAlexW2343766389
LanguageEN
References cited16

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the association between gasoline prices and hospitalizations for motorcycle and nonmotorcycle motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries. METHODS: Data on inpatient hospitalizations were obtained from the 2001 to 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Panel feasible generalized least squares models were used to estimate the effects of monthly inflation-adjusted gasoline prices on hospitalization rates for MVC injuries and to predict the impact of increasing gasoline taxes. RESULTS: On the basis of the available data, a $1.00 increase in the gasoline tax was associated with an estimated 8348 fewer annual hospitalizations for nonmotorcycle MVC injuries, and reduced hospital costs by $143 million. However, the increase in the gasoline tax was also associated with an estimated 3574 more annual hospitalizations for motorcycle crash injuries, and extended hospital costs by $73 million. CONCLUSIONS: This analysis of some existing data suggest that the increased utilization and costs of hospitalization from motorcycle crash injuries associated with an increase in the price of gasoline are likely to substantially offset reductions in nonmotorcycle MVC injuries. A policy decision to increase the gasoline tax could improve traffic safety if the increased tax is paired with public health interventions to improve motorcycle safety

Crash · Environmental health · Gasoline · Injury prevention · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Waste management · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Computer Science · Emergency Medicine · Engineering · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Medicine · Traffic and Road Safety

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