OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors related to overall healthcare costs of road traffic accidents in Bucaramanga, Colombia. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted through the analysis of road traffic ...

Introduction: To evaluate the benefits of road transport safety projects, planners need the monetary value of averting fatal and severe injuries. Usually, contingent valuation and risk-risk studies have been used. The ...

Estimating the value of non-market goods, such as reductions in mortality risks due to traffic accidents or air pollution, is typically done using stated choice (SC) data. However, issues with potential estimation biases ...

Acidentes/desastres recentes envolvendo rompimento de barragens de rejeitos de minérios tem causado grandes impactos econômicos, ambientais e sociais no Brasil. A ruptura desse tipo de estrutura é rara, porém, dependendo ...

The present monograph aims to study the social security return action in the Brazilian legal scenario. This starts with the problem of how the INSS can use the social security action against the employer who caused the ...