Open AccessEliciting road traffic injuries cost among Iranian drivers′ public vehicles using willingness to pay method
Author(s) -
Elaheh Ainy,
Hamid Soori,
Mojtaba Ganjali,
Taban Baghfalaki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.158412
Subject(s) - willingness to pay , purchasing power parity , value of life , contingent valuation , poison control , liberian dollar , injury prevention , total economic value , transport engineering , kilometer , medicine , actuarial science , socioeconomics , environmental health , engineering , business , economics , finance , ecology , ecosystem , exchange rate , ecosystem services , biology , microeconomics
To allocate resources at the national level and ensure the safety level of roads with the aim of economic efficiency, cost calculation can help determine the size of the problem and demonstrate the economic benefits resulting from preventing such injuries. This study was carried out to elicit the cost of traffic injuries among Iranian drivers of public vehicles.