Cycling promotion and non-communicable disease prevention: health impact assessment and economic evaluation of cycling to work or school in Florence.

To estimate the effects of cycling promotion on major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and costs from the public healthcare payer's perspective.Health impact assessment and economic evaluation using a dynamic model over a ten-year period and according to two cycling promotion scenarios.Cycling...

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Main Authors: Cristina Taddei, Roberto Gnesotto, Silvia Forni, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Andrea Vannucci, Giorgio Garofalo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4415918?pdf=render