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E Zarei , F Farzianpour , B Pouragha , P Abbasi Borogeni , M Mohammadzadeh ,
Volume 13, Issue 2 (8-2014)
Abstract
Background: Identification of development needs is a first important step in a systematic management development effort. This study aimed at assessing management development needs from the viewpoint of middle managers of hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The population study was 227 of middle managers employed in 16 hospitals. Data were collected using a 42-items questionnaire which its reliability and validity was confirmed. Data were analyzed using main components analysis in software SPSS17. Results: designing and innovation indicator among managerial roles, human skills indicators in managerial skills, psychological abilities among managerial talents, social trust in personal characteristics, comprehensive thinking indicator in philosophic mindedness and leadership in managerial knowledge components were the most important from the perspective of the middle managers Conclusion: managers play the specific managerial roles in order to perform their managerial tasks. They need to develop administrative skills, abilities, knowledge, personality and philosophic mindedness to play the best managerial roles.
Dr Ehsan Zarei, Dr Behrooz Pouragha, Dr Soheila Khodakarim, Alireza Moosazadeh Nasrabadi,
Volume 16, Issue 3 (11-2017)
Abstract
Background: One of the main goals of health sector evolution plan is reducing the amount of out of pocket payment by patients receiving hospital services in public sectors. This study aimed to assess the amount of out of pocket payment by inpatients in public hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science in Tehran city in 2015.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 405 discharged patients from four public and teaching hospitals were selected using convenient sampling method. Data were collected using a researcher made checklist and investigating the hospital bills. In order to data analysis, descriptive statistics and regression analysis were utilized through SPSS Software version16.
Results: The amount of out of pocket payment was 10.2 percent included 9.9 percent formal payment, 0.2 percent bought & brought goods and 0.1 percent informal payment. The most portion of the hospital costs was related to medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, surgeries services and hosteling with 32.6, 20.6 and 17.36, respectively. Type of hospital, having surgery, average length of stay, family size and gender had significant effect on the out of pocket payment amount (p ≤ 0.05).
Conclusion: The amount of out of pocket payment by inpatient in public hospitals was in accordance with goal of the health sector evolution plan, which reveals the appropriate government support. It is recommended to tailor and implement enormous plans regarding outpatients and private sector in national level to attain sustained reduction in out of pocket payment.
Marziyeh Najafi, Morteza Nazari, Hojjat Rahmani, Ghasem Rajabi Vasokolaei, Behrooz Pouragha, Sima Feizolahzadeh, Roya Rajaee,
Volume 21, Issue 4 (1-2023)
Abstract
Background and purpose: One of the main challenges of human resource management in hospitals is the proper distribution of nurses, which is necessary to improve the efficiency and quality of health services. In this review, this rate is compared in selected countries and Iran in order to provide the necessary evidence for managers and policymakers in human resource management
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as a field review in 2019 with the aim of comparing the standards of nurse distribution to beds/wards in selected studies. The search was conducted with related keywords in "Scopus", "Web of Science", "PubMed" databases without a time limit.
Results: The distribution of nursing per bed was reported in Australia, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Israel, America, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In Iran, the rate of nurses to intensive beds was slightly higher than the average and the ratio of nurses to ordinary and emergency beds was lower than the average of selected countries average.
Conclusion: Nurses' distribution was generally lower than the average of other countries, and this ratio was lower in some sectors and higher than the average in some sectors. Recruitment and redistribution of the appropriate nurse in different sectors by benchmarking successful countries are suggested.
