 Dutch cycling: Quantifying the health and related economic benefitsE. Fishman, P. Schepers and C.B.M. Kamphuis American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 8, e13-e15 Abstract: The Netherlands is well known for their high bicycle use. We used the Health Economic Assessment Tool and life table calculations to quantify the population-level health benefits from Dutch cycling levels. Cycling prevents about 6500 deaths each year, and Dutch people have half-a-year-longer life expectancy because of cycling. These health benefits correspond to more than 3% of the Dutch gross domestic product. Our study confirmed that investments in bicycle-promoting policies (e.g., improved bicycle infrastructure and facilities) will likely yield a high cost-benefit ratio in the long term. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: adult; aged; cost control; cycling; economics; epidemiology; health care policy; health economics; health status; human; life expectancy; middle aged; mortality; Netherlands; physiology; statistics and numerical data; very elderly; young adult, Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bicycling; Cost Savings; Economics, Medical; Health Policy; Health Status; Humans; Life Expectancy; Middle Aged; Mortality; Netherlands; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302724_1 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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