[Economic appraisal of two methods of using governmental versus private transportation in Shahrood medical university]

Resource limitation and indications on lowering governmental incumbency and private sector contribution necessitate comparison studies. This study considers economical issues using these two methods in Shahrood medical university. This study is a descriptive, cross sectional one. Cencus method was used for data gathering. 97.6% of cars were in service and 33% of drivers were official employee while 40% had contract private sector. Average payment in governmental section [for car and personnel] was 2567974 Rials [R] per month. 25% of this [expense] was for car and 75% for personnel payment. The cost of governmental transportation was 1956R per Km. and 386R per Km. in private sector. Comparison between two methods reveals that the average costs in governmental is 2.66 times more than private sector for [the] same cars. Thus according to this study the payment for private sector was lower than governmental. Transportation state should be revised because of limitation of resources, costs of car working and legal obligations for private sector contribution. Managers should plan to increase the efficacy and effectiveness of services