ABSTRACT
Introduction: The administrative reform is one of the means to achieve economic social and cultural policy development. Given the necessity of administrative reform monitoring, this study aimed to identify and measure the indicators of administrative reform in the medical school of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Methods: A mixed sequential qualitative-quantitative approach was employed. The indicators of evaluation were identified through document analysis. In the first phase, 8 semi-structured interviews and the views of 5 experts were collected. Then, we used a researcher- developed checklist to evaluate the current status of the selected school. The checklist was completed through on-site visiting, observation, interview and document review which were then analyzed manually
Results: A set of 150 indicators of administrative reform evaluation, categorized in 10 domains and 36 areas was identified. The total score of evaluation was 28%. The employment equity and payment system domain showed the highest score [55%] and the organizing of human resources domain lowest score
Conclusion: Given the relatively poor results of the administrative reform and the continuity of the reform in Iran development plans, we recommend accelerating the efforts of defining and implementing the administrative reform. Our developed checklist can be used by policy makers and managers
ABSTRACT
Accessing developmental goals and decreasing regional inequality requires regional planning in developing countries. Therefore, it is important to identify developmental position of regions relative to each other. The aim of this study was to classify Kermanshah province townships about situation of health structural enjoyment indicators using Scalogram Model. This is a descriptive study and it determines health structural enjoyment indicators in townships of Kermanshah province. Data related to indicators were collected in 3 categories of institutional, human resources and rural health by the researcher using statistical yearbook. Data analysis was done using Scalogram Model, Excel 2010 and SPSS/18. There is a large gap between townships of Kermanshah province in terms of enjoyment of structural indicators of health services. Kermanshah and Javanrud Townships with 81 score and Sarpol e Zahab Township with 39 score were the highest and lowest scores respectively from enjoyment of health structural indicators. Generally, 50% of townships were in less developed and underdeveloped level whereas 35.72% of townships were in developed level. High development was related to manpower indicator and low development was related to rural health institutional indicator. In order to improve less developed indicators and decrease the difference in enjoyment of health services indicators among townships, it is proposed that, development-oriented planning to be carried out appropriately with levels of development in these townships