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Comparing Medical Training Costs Internationally: A Systematic Review.
Asgar Aghaei Hashjin1, Kamran Irandoust2, Hanie Gholampoor2
1Department of Health Service Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
|October 14, 2024
Summary
Medical student education costs in Iran are high, second only to the United States. Understanding these expenses is vital for efficient global health science program planning and budgeting.
Area of Science:
- Health Economics
- Medical Education
- Public Health Policy
Background:
- Understanding health sciences student education costs is crucial for university planning and budgeting.
- International cost comparisons are essential for informed resource allocation.
- This review focuses on per capita costs for medical and health science students, with an emphasis on Iran.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review and compare the per capita costs of educating medical and health science students globally.
- To specifically analyze and report these costs within the context of Iran.
Main Methods:
- A systematic review was conducted in 2023, adhering to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
- Searches included MeSH and EMTREE terms across major databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase) and Iranian databases from 2000 to 2022.
- Manual searches on Google and Google Scholar supplemented the database searches.
Main Results:
- Eight international articles and 17 Iranian articles were included in the review.
- The mean annual per capita cost for training a medical student in Iran was $61,493.86 (PPP 2019).
- This contrasts with costs in the United States ($263,305), Australia ($44,674), Thailand ($284,058 for 6 years), and Vietnam ($69,323 for 6 years).
- Training other health science students in Iran generally costs less than $20,000 annually (PPP 2019).
Conclusions:
- Medical student education costs in Iran are higher than in most surveyed countries, surpassed only by the United States.
- These findings underscore the need for accurate cost data to enhance efficiency and sustainability in global medical education.
- Informed resource allocation and future planning in health education programs are critical.
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