Estimated Cost of Reduced Performance Capacity Caused by Traffic Injuries in Iran

Functional capacity index refers to the severity of the injury and results from one year after the injury. Since this work is defined as one of the cost components associated with the health burden of traffic injuries, the search for a small amount of it in this study is on the agenda. The functional capacity index divides one person's normal abilities into 10 major sections and allocates to each sector a coefficient of between 0 and 1 in order to provide a quantitative indication of a predicted decline in the functional capacity of the injured person. To quantify the effect of reducing the capacity of function, the information needed to calculate its cost includes the classification of severity of injury; functional capacity index per severity of injury, duration of treatment, total time affected by capacity reduction and accumulated costs. In the classification of injuries, the first group with an average cost of 120 dollars account for the cost of light injuries sustained for a parity of 87% of the injured. The most severe level of injuries, with an average cost of 150 dollars, is less than one thousandth of the injured. Based on this classification, the total cost of reducing the functional capacity for all injured in 2011 was about 26 million dollars. The cost per person with light injuries was about 2 dollars and the highest level of injury was more than 2600 dollars, and the average cost per person injured in traffic accidents in 2011 was 6 dollars.