Ranking Universities of Medical Sciences as Public Health Services Provider Institutions in Iran: A Result-Chain Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Universities of medical sciences (UMSs) in Iran have geographic catchment areas (normally a province) in which they are responsible for public health services as well as provision of care by public providers. The present study strived to analyze and rank the performance of the medical sciences universities in improving the public health and primary healthcare.

Methods

Data on 41 indicators on the output (16 indicators), outcome (16 indicators), and impact (9 indicators) levels were extracted from various data sources. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to calculate the weight for each of the indicators. The score range for each level of performance is between 0 and 1. A score of 1 indicates the highest and a score of 0 indicates the lowest level of perfor

SUBMITTER: Jahanmehr N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature