Hardes G, Gibberd R W, Lam P, Callcott R, Dobson A J, Leeder S R
Med J Aust. 1985 Jun 10;142(12):625-6. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113552.x.
During the period of six years from 1977 to 1982, the number of admissions of victims of traffic accidents to public hospitals in the Hunter Health Region of New South Wales fell from 2099 to 1734, a decline of 21%. About three-quarters of these patients were male; one-quarter were in the 15-20 year age group. Since the introduction of random breath testing (RBT) in 1982, there has been a further decline in admissions of traffic accident victims to hospitals of nearly 20%, attributable to the introduction of RBT. The initial decline of 30% appears to have stabilized at 20% after 12 months. The decline in admissions occurred in the urban hospitals (31%), and not in the rural hospitals; it was greater among male (31%) than among female (8%) accident victims. In the Hunter region, it is estimated that RBT has resulted in a saving of more than 3000 hospital bed-days in its first year.
在1977年至1982年的六年期间，新南威尔士州亨特健康区公立医院收治的交通事故受害者人数从2099人降至1734人，降幅为21%。这些患者中约四分之三为男性；四分之一在15至20岁年龄组。自1982年引入随机呼气测试（RBT）以来，交通事故受害者入院人数又下降了近20%，这归因于RBT的引入。最初30%的降幅在12个月后似乎稳定在20%。入院人数的下降发生在城市医院（31%），而农村医院没有；男性（31%）事故受害者的降幅大于女性（8%）。在亨特地区，据估计RBT在其第一年节省了超过3000个住院日。
