en Health Management and Economics Health Management and Economics Original Research Original Research <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background: </strong>One of the important aspects of equity in health is equality in the distribution of resources in this sector. The present study aimed to assess the distribution of hospital beds in Shiraz in 2014.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&nbsp; Methods</strong>: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, the population density index and fair distribution of beds were analyzed by Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient, respectively. Descriptive data were analyzed using Excel software. We used Distributive Analysis Stata Package (DASP) in STATA software, version 12, for computing Gini coefficient and drawing Lorenz curve.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&nbsp; Results</strong>: The Gini coefficient was 0.68 in the population. Besides, Gini coefficient of hospital beds&rsquo; distribution based on population density was 0.70, which represented inequality in the distribution of hospital beds among the nine regions of Shiraz.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&nbsp; Conclusion</strong>: Although the total number of hospital beds was reasonable in Shiraz, distribution of these resources was not fair, and inequality was observed in their distribution among the nine regions of Shiraz.</p> <p></p> Equity, Hospital beds, Gini coefficient, Lorenz curve. 667 672 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-1025&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nahid Hatam hatamn@sums.ac.ir 200319475328460023229 200319475328460023229 No Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Scienc-es, Shiraz, Iran. Mohammadreza Zakeri mrzakerir@yahoo.com 200319475328460023230 200319475328460023230 No School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Ahmad Sadeghi sadeghi_ah@sums.ac.ir 200319475328460023231 200319475328460023231 Yes Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Sajad Darzi Ramandi sajadramandi@yahoo.com 200319475328460023232 200319475328460023232 No Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Ramin Hayati ramin.hayati202@gmail.com 200319475328460023233 200319475328460023233 No Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Elham Siavashi siavashiel@gmail.com 200319475328460023234 200319475328460023234 No Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.