Zahra Meshkani - Department of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Science, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Mahmoud Reza Alebouyeh - Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Aziz Rezapour - Associate Professor, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Vahid Alipour - Assistant Professor, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Alireza Mazdaki - Ph.D. Student in Policy and Policy Management, Director of Finance, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Nader Markazi Moghaddam - Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Negar Yousefzadeh - Ph.D. Student in Heath Policy, Health Management and Economics Research Center Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Narges Hakimi - Ph.D. Student of Financial Management, Head of Affairs, Endocrine Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Background: There was a challenge for teaching hospitals to accept residents for educational goals due to their training costs.Objectives: The present study aimed to estimate the actual costs of residency training in hospitals for policymaking, budgetary impact, and negotiation.Methods: This retrospective study was performed in eight teaching hospitals affiliated with the Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, in ۲۰۱۸. Two scenarios were designed to estimate the costs of education per resident. All of the resources used by residents in the hospitals were identified. Cost items attributed to the training goals were allocated to the internal medicine and surgical fields; however, for cost items that were used for treatment and education, such as disposables and consumables and equipment, the cost drivers were used. Therefore, the difference between the scenarios was related to the cost drivers.Results: Overall, the selected hospitals had spent ۵۸۶,۷۲۰.۳۵ and ۵۷۲,۳۵۸.۱۰ based on scenarios ۱ and ۲, respectively. The residency training per surgical resident in the hospitals was about ۱.۲ times higher than an internal medicine resident. Surgery, neurology, urology, and anesthesiology were the fields with the highest costs in the hospitals.Conclusion: Although residency training accounts for a large proportion of hospital costs, employing residents reduces the costs of human resources. Monitoring and controlling costs, as well as resource quotas for resident training, can be a way to reduce educational course costs in hospitals. Universities can cover some parts of the educational costs to motivate hospitals to make an appropriate setting for residents.

Cost Analyses, Academic Medical Centers, Internship and Residency