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Economic Policy Relating to Motorcycle Accidents in Thailand: Prevention Budget for Motorcycle Safety |
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| Creator | Rakkhwan Sarawasee , Chompoonuh K. Permpoonwiwat and Richard Fowles |
| Title | Economic Policy Relating to Motorcycle Accidents in Thailand: Prevention Budget for Motorcycle Safety |
| Publisher | The Thai Association of the Population and Social Researchers |
| Publication Year | 2558 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Population and Social Studies |
| Journal Vol. | 23 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 133-145 |
| Keyword | economic policy, motorcycle accidents, prevention budget, Thailand |
| ISSN | 0857-717X |
| Abstract | This paper analyzes the budget for motorcycle accident prevention with the objective of supporting policy makers in their budget decision-making process. Budget data for 2004 to 2009 was obtained for the analysis, mainly from the Thailand Ministry of Public Health. Pooled time series analysis was applied to evaluate the effectiveness of the prevention budget. The evidence shows that the government budget for motorcycle accident prevention was partially included in the total budget for motor vehicle accidents. This indicates that there was no serious intention of preventing motorcycle accidents by the Ministry, despite the fact that 74% of all motor vehicle traffic fatalities resulted from motorcycle-related accidents in 2010 (WHO, 2013). By extracting the data from the Ministry of Public Health, the budget for motorcycle accident prevention for the entire nation was shown to be significantly small. However, multivariate analysis confirms that the allocation of funds for the prevention of motorcycle accidents is associated with a statistically significant reduction in motorcycle fatality rates. On the other hand, having a treatment budget for motorcycle accidents had no association with fatality rates. |
