Physician Labor Participation and Unemployment Rate in Iran

lranian journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Razieh Fallah¹  Enayatollah Homaie Rad²  Satar Rezaei³ 

[1] Imam Reza Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Amol, IR Iran;School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran;School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR Iran

关键词: Iran;    Determinant Factors;    Unemployment;    Physicians;    Logistic Model;   

DOI  :  10.17795/semj23620

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Background:Thebehaviorofphysiciansaftergraduatingfromuniversitiesisveryimportantforpolicymakers.Theywanttofollowthesebehaviorstofindwhathappenedtophysiciansaftergraduation.Increasinginphysicianlaborparticipationrateandanefficientdistributionofthembygenderandgeographicalconcernsarecrucialdecisionsofpolicymakers.Objectives:ThisstudyaimedtodeterminethefactorsthataffectthephysicianlaborsupplyinIran.Wefocusedonthepresenceandabsenceofmedicalgraduatestudentsinthelabormarketandwealsoinvestigatedthechangesinlaborsupplyinagegroupsandthedifferencesinmaleandfemalephysicianlaborsupply.Moreover,theunemploymentrateamongphysicianswascalculated.PatientsandMethods:Inthisstudy,weusedpopulationandcensusdataofIranin2011.Dataofthegraduatemedicaluniversitystudentswereextracted.Somedescriptivestatisticslikethephysicianlaborparticipationrateandphysicianunemploymentratewerecalculatedinthisstudy.Also,aregressionmodelforphysicianlaborsupplywasestimated.Results:Theresultsofthisstudyshowedthatthephysicianlaborparticipationrateandtheunemploymentratewere61.6%and7.8%,respectively.Bothofthesestatisticswerebetterthantheoveralllaborforcestatisticsofthecountry.Theunemploymentrateofmalephysicianswaslowerthanfemaleonesandthelaborforceparticipationrateformalephysicianswashigherthanfemaleones.Theresultsofthelaborsupplyregressionshowedapositiverelationshipbetweenage,beingmale,beingmarriedandlaborsupply.Moreover,anegativerelationshipwasfoundbetweencontinuingthestudyatuniversitiesandphysicianlaborsupply.Conclusions:Inthisstudy,someadditionalfactsaboutIranianphysicianlaborbehaviorwerepresented.Theseresultsalertpolicymakersaboutthedecisionsinhumanresourcemanagementandplayamajorroleinpolicydecisions.

【 授权许可】

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