Assessing the accessibility and degree of development in health care resources: evidence from the West of Iran

Journal Title: Journal of Health Management and Informatics - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 2

Abstract

Introduction: Health care is one of the most important sectors in the development of each country and disparities in their distribution will reduce the level of development. The aim of this study was to examine the access to healthcare and degree of development in health care resources in the west of Iran in 2011. Method: This was a cross-sectional and retrospective study. The study setting was 51 cities of five western provinces of Iran, including Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Ilam, Lorestan and Hamadan. For assessing these towns in terms of the degree of development in healthcare resources by the numerical taxonomy technique, 23 indicators of health resources were selected and obtained from the statistics yearbook. The data was analyzed by EXCEL software. Results:Our study showed that the highest and lowest access to health care based on numerical taxonomy belonged to cities of Kermanshah (0.61) and Salas Babajani (1.07). Also, most towns of Ilam, Lorestan and Kurdistan provinces are underdeveloped and developing, while the most towns of Kermanshah and Hamadan provinces were placed in the developed region. Conclusion: This study showed that there was a large gap between the cities of one province and also among the provinces in terms of the access to and degree of development in health care resources. Therefore, it is suggested that a higher priority in terms of health resource allocation should be placed on the developing and underdeveloped areas in order to reduce these disparities.

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Satar Rezaei, Behzad Karami Matin, Yousef Chavehpour, Negar Yousefzadeh, Sajad Delavari, Ali Kazemi Karyani

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Satar Rezaei, Behzad Karami Matin, Yousef Chavehpour, Negar Yousefzadeh, Sajad Delavari, Ali Kazemi Karyani (2016). Assessing the accessibility and degree of development in health care resources: evidence from the West of Iran. Journal of Health Management and Informatics, 3(2), 39-45. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-307007