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Eshaghi Koupaei S, Bagherpour Kalo M, Raeisi H, Khodaverdi Nadrabadi A, Bahadori M. Assessment of the Distribution of Student Welfare Fund Facilities to Underprivileged Students of Medical Universities in Iran Based on Income Deciles: A Cross-Sectional Study. jhosp 2025; 24 (3) :284-299
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Soheila Eshaghi Koupaei1 
, Mehrdad Bagherpour Kalo *2 , Hamid Raeisi1 , Ahmad Khodaverdi Nadrabadi1 , Malikeh Bahadori1
, Mehrdad Bagherpour Kalo *2 , Hamid Raeisi1 , Ahmad Khodaverdi Nadrabadi1 , Malikeh Bahadori1
1- Students' Welfare Fund, Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ,bagherpoormehrdad@gmail.com
2- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ,
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Background and purpose: To enhance students' academic motivation, effective interventions can be implemented. One such approach is the provision of financial support through targeted subsidy programs, prioritizing students from lower socioeconomic deciles in the allocation of financial assistance. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to examine the distribution of financial aid to underprivileged students of universities and faculties of medical sciences across the country based on income deciles.
Methods: Data included information on the financial facilities provided to students, as well as the economic data related to household socioeconomic deciles. In this study, five main types of financial facilities were examined: educational loans, emergency loans, housing deposit loans, marriage loans, and tuition loans. The final data were stored in structured databases, and data analysis—consisting of frequency and the corresponding proportions for each decile and university—was performed using Microsoft Excel.
Results: The findings of this study indicated that a roughly similar share of financial facilities was allocated to students in income deciles 1 to 7 (100,177 students) and those in deciles 8 to 10 (97,386 students). In other words, in terms of monetary value, 1,365 billion Rials in educational loans were allocated to the first seven income deciles, while 838 billion Rials were allocated to the three higher-income deciles.
Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that within the loan and financial aid distribution system of the Student Welfare Fund, students from higher income deciles receive the largest share of available resources, while students from lower-income deciles do not receive adequate benefits.
Methods: Data included information on the financial facilities provided to students, as well as the economic data related to household socioeconomic deciles. In this study, five main types of financial facilities were examined: educational loans, emergency loans, housing deposit loans, marriage loans, and tuition loans. The final data were stored in structured databases, and data analysis—consisting of frequency and the corresponding proportions for each decile and university—was performed using Microsoft Excel.
Results: The findings of this study indicated that a roughly similar share of financial facilities was allocated to students in income deciles 1 to 7 (100,177 students) and those in deciles 8 to 10 (97,386 students). In other words, in terms of monetary value, 1,365 billion Rials in educational loans were allocated to the first seven income deciles, while 838 billion Rials were allocated to the three higher-income deciles.
Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that within the loan and financial aid distribution system of the Student Welfare Fund, students from higher income deciles receive the largest share of available resources, while students from lower-income deciles do not receive adequate benefits.
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