Background & objectives: Mismatching between human resources with capacity of the facilities and failure of capacity building of human resources is the main reason behind lack of efficiency in hospitals. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the allocation of human resources in general university hospitals that located in the cities of East Azerbaijani province. In order to inform health care managers of Status of Man power Distribution.
Methods: This Retrospective cross-sectional study�has compared the situation Of Distribution of human resources in general University hospitals in the cities of East Azerbaijan province with the standard criteria. The data collected by data collection form and analyzed by SPSS software.
Results: Ratio of staff to active beds in all reviewed hospitals is 1/7 that Correspond with ministerial standard but the allocation and distribution of resources in the reviewed groups are in disarray.
Conclusion: Manpower distribution in Reviewed hospitals is unfair and unreasonable. Providing an updated and efficient information system to deal with problems and shortcomings of the existing human resources helps university administrators optimize allocation and distribution of resources based on the standards and the actual needs of hospitals (evidence based and data) and also preventing the Accumulation of human capital in some units and severe shortage of human capital in others.
Adham D, Mahdavi A, Mehrtak M, Ebrahimi K, Azari A. Assessment of Human Resource Allocation in General University Hospitals in the Cities of East Azerbaijan Province. j.health 2016; 6 (5) :507-516 URL: http://healthjournal.arums.ac.ir/article-1-815-en.html