NDLI: Equity in Geographical Distribution of Dialysis Beds and Nephrologists Based on the Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient Need Indices: Case of Iran

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Equity in Geographical Distribution of Dialysis Beds and Nephrologists Based on the Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient Need Indices: Case of Iran

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Author	Khou, H. Omrani Shafiee, M. Safari, Hossein Habibi, Farhad Bakhiani, R. Askari
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Introduction: Equity is an important index in resource distribut on and access to health services. Human or equipments may be distributed inappropriately if decision-makers do not pay attention to need indic es. This not only creates obstacles in access to health services, but also results in an inefficient alloc ation of resources. This study aimed to assess equity in dis tribution of dialysis beds and nephrologists in Ira n, 2009. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we gathered the data including number of dialysis beds, number of patients and nephrologists from all provinces. Data were entered into the Excel and were analyzed usin g the Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient. Results: In 2009, 18586 patients underwent dialysis in Iran . Most of the patients were hospitalized in Tehran (n=3991). Ilam had the least number of the d ialysis patients (n=83). The total number of dialys is beds was 3722 in Iran mostly located in Tehran (n=666). The Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad had the least number of beds (n=23) in Iran. The total number of nephrol ogists was 335 in 2009 in Iran from whom 151 individuals worked in Tehran. On average, there wer e 25 dialysis patients, five dialysis beds and 0.44 nephrologists per 100000 populations. Conclusion: Although, according to the Lorenz curve, dialysis beds have been distributed appropriately, distribution of the nephrologists was not appropria te. Regarding the role of the human resources in de l vering adequate health services, appropriate distribution of nephrologists can result in high efficiency of r esources in health system in Iran.
Starting Page	20
Ending Page	27
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Volume Number	16
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://hakim.hbi.ir/article-1-1125-en.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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