Habibollah Rahimi|Hamid Soori|Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari|Seyed Abbas Motevalian|Adel Azar|Eskandar Momeni|Mehdi Javartani
The relative efficiency of Iranian’s rural traffic police: a three-stage DEA model
Kashan University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences|Tarbiat Modares University|Tarbiat Modares University
road traffic injuries rtis health problem imposes governments implement different interventions target achievement issue required effective efficient measures efficiency evaluation traffic police one responsible administrators necessary resource management therefore study conducted measure irans rural traffic police efficiencythis ecological study obtain pure efficiency score threestage dea model conducted seven inputs three output variables first stage crude efficiency score measured bcco model next extract effects socioeconomic demographic traffic count road infrastructure environmental variables statistical noise stochastic frontier analysis sfa model applied output values modified according similar environment statistical noise conditions pure efficiency score measured using modified outputs bcco modelin total efficiency score 198 police stations 24 provinces 31 provinces measured annual means standard deviation damage injury fatal accidents 2477 2584 1849 1769 287 195 respectively input averages 59 30 patrol teams 05 02 manpower proportions 75 29 patrol cars 05 13 motorcycles 772791 467947 penalties 909 28 cultural educational activity score 07 24 speed cameras sfa model showed nonsignificant differences police station performances differences attributed environmental random error oneway main road road traffic count number household owning motorcycle significant positive relations inefficiency score length freewayhighway literacy rate variables negative relations significantly pure efficiency score mean 095 sd 009irans traffic police potential opportunity reduce rtis adjusting police performance environmental conditions necessary capability dea method setting quantitative targets every station induces motivation managers reduce rtis repetition study recommended annually