@article{ref1,
title="Injury Prevention as an Integral Part of Health System Reform Efforts: Lessons Learned from Recently Enacted Massachusetts Laws",
journal="Health systems and reform",
year="2015",
author="Kaafarani, Haytham M. A. and Raybould, Toby and Lee, Jarone and Masiakos, Peter T.",
volume="1",
number="4",
pages="257-262",
abstract="Injury is the leading cause of mortality in people younger than 44 years of age. Injury prevention laws and policies are not only effective in saving lives at a population level but are also remarkably cost-effective compared to most public health interventions. For example, the implementation of a stricter Massachusetts Graduated Driver Licensing Law in 2007 resulted in a very significant and rapid decrease in the rates of motor vehicle crashes of teenager drivers, saved thousands of lives, and resulted in more than $10 million dollars savings in health care costs over 5 years. We therefore suggest that trauma and injury prevention should be made a priority in any attempt at local, regional, or national health system reform.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2328-8604",
doi="10.1080/23288604.2015.1110654",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2015.1110654"
}