Document Type : Original Article(s)
Authors
1 Assistan Professor, Health Service Management, Center of health Economic and Management Studies, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 BSc, Health Service Management
3 BSc, Management, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Administrative processes in universities should performe in coordination with major university policies and directions. Financial performance is one of the main factors in achieving efficency and effectiveness in management. This research investigates cost of undergraduate and post graduate student trainings at Faculty of Health Management and Medical Informatics during period of 1385-86. Methods: During this retrospective, cross sectional applied research, all costs related to studen training at this faculty has been estimated. “Performance based cost estimation” method has been used with educational services at Faculty considered at basis of expenditure. Data were collected using researcher designed cheklist from financial documents of the Faculty. Results: Per capita cost of students of medical librarianship; graduate diploma and bachelor in medical records; master of medical record; and master of health service management was 12565434 Rls, 11503362 Rls, 39120021 Rls and 13963497 Rls respectively during2006-2007. Traditional cost estimation however resutls to 13963497 Rls per capita. Conclusion: Master of medical records had the highest per capita expenses while graduate diploma and bachelor of medial records had the lowest per capita expenses. Expensed related to lecturers and administrative cost such as education office, educational departments, library, research affairs and student affairs were reported to form the bulk of the costs of student training. Efforts could be made to reduce these costs as well as increasing the number of students. Keywords: Costs and Cost Analysis; Students, Health Occupations; Costing; Higher Education
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