@article{article_322863, title={Equality in distribution of pharmacist workforce in Iran}, journal={Cukurova Medical Journal}, volume={42}, pages={223–232}, year={2017}, DOI={10.17826/cutf.322863}, author={Ebrahimzadeh, Javad and Hayati, Hadi and Nobakht, Samin and Soltani, Shahin and Salehiniya, Hamid and Khosravi, Bahman}, keywords={Equity,human resource,pharmacist}, abstract={<p class="z"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Purpose: </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> To achieve health for everyone, health systems in all countries
need training and proper distribution of human resources in the spatial and
temporal places. This study aimed to evaluate the equality of the distribution
of pharmacists affiliated to medical universities in the country. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Material and
Methods: </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> The data for this study were collected
from the Statistical Center of Iran and Statistical Yearbook of 2014. After
collecting data we started to analyze the distribution of pharmacists according
to population. In entire Iran country, 31 provinces and in three types of
universities of medical sciences those are responsible for distribution of
health human resources in each province by Gini and Theil T indices. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> Results show that, 16 provinces have a positive gap and 15
provinces have a negative gap and there is no balance in the share of the
population in compare of the pharmacist in any of the provinces. Overall Gini
coefficient was 0.71 and Theil T showed that within inequality explained 47.2%
and between inequality explained 52.8% overall inequality. The Gini index in
Type 3 provinces was 0.5 and they have better distribution than type 1 and type
2 provinces with 0.6 and .64 Gini index. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> Pharmacists play an important role in providing guidance
and advice for the correct use of drugs. Appropriate distribution of
pharmacists is one of the most important factors in improving access and health
services throughout the society. But unfortunately there is an unbalanced
geographical distribution in the country and there still is a significant
deficit in the deprived areas. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Cukurova University}