Dr. Katayoun Najafi Zadeh MD, the chair of Organ Donation Center of Shahid Beheshti Medical University in Tehran-Iran, says we should increase this number to 1500 in order to meet the needs of our population. Najafi Zadeh believes that if number of pulmonologists in Sweden was the right benchmark we would already train around 4000 of these specialists.
My comment: There are two problems here: 1) the distribution , and 2) the absolute low number. Medical specialists in developing countries tend to provide services in big cities. This is very true about Iran as well. The low number of pulmonologists regardless of where they practice seems to be a serious issue. However, it seems like Iran has to have its own health service provision map rather than looking at western benchmarks. Training more sub-specialist physicians cannot be an optimal solution in a system with disintegrated care for chronic conditions. In fact, more sub-specialist does not guarantee more efficient ( high quality at lower cost) medical care.
Source: Tasnim News, Tasnim News ID: 112574 ; URL: http://www.tasnimnews.com/Home/Single/112574 accessed August 7, 2013
My comment: There are two problems here: 1) the distribution , and 2) the absolute low number. Medical specialists in developing countries tend to provide services in big cities. This is very true about Iran as well. The low number of pulmonologists regardless of where they practice seems to be a serious issue. However, it seems like Iran has to have its own health service provision map rather than looking at western benchmarks. Training more sub-specialist physicians cannot be an optimal solution in a system with disintegrated care for chronic conditions. In fact, more sub-specialist does not guarantee more efficient ( high quality at lower cost) medical care.
Source: Tasnim News, Tasnim News ID: 112574 ; URL: http://www.tasnimnews.com/Home/Single/112574 accessed August 7, 2013
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