Authors
Researcher in the Field of Health Economics, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
CONTEXT: During different planning periods, human resources factor has been considerably
increased in the health‑care sector.
AIMS: The main goal is to determine economic planning conditions and equilibrium growth for
services level and specialized workforce resources in health‑care sector and also to determine the gap
between levels of health‑care services and specialized workforce resources in the equilibrium growth
conditions and their available levels during the periods of the first to fourth development plansin Iran.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the study after data collection, econometric methods and EViews
version 8.0 were used for data processing. The used model was based on neoclassical economic
growth model.
RESULTS: The results indicated that during the former planning periods, although specialized
workforce has been increased significantly in health‑care sector, lack of attention to equilibrium
growth conditions caused imbalance conditions for product level and specialized workforce in
health‑care sector.
CONCLUSIONS: In the past development plans for health services, equilibrium conditions based on
the full employment in the capital stock, and specialized labor are not considered. The government
could act by choosing policies determined by the growth model to achieve equilibrium level in the
field of human resources and services during the next planning periods.
Keywords
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