Annual review of health care management: revisiting the evolution of health systems organization.

Revisiting the Relationship Between Systems of Innovation and Health Systems: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Quality assessment of care provided to patients with type 2 diabetes based on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Introduction: Diabetes is one of the usual medical problems that had an important negative effect on patient’s health. Researches demonstrate that there is a wide gap between recommended medical actions and received care by patients with diabetes. The aim of study was to assess the quality of care provided to patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional stu...

Universal Health Coverage in Iran: A Review of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

Background: Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide access to basic health services with no financial constraints. In Iran, the major challenges to the implementation of the UHC plan include aggregation and augmentation of resources, something which could threaten the dimension of population coverage and health service delivery. Therefore, this study reviews the strengths and weaknesses...

مروری بر مدیریت دانش و اهمیت آن در عملکرد پرستاری

Introduction: Health care systems, especially nurses are identified as professional organization services and require the use of efficient ways to deliver services because of relationship with health community. It is possible only using new information management techniques and allocation of appropriate time for knowledge management. The aim of this study was to review the concept of knowledge ...

The Evolution of Long-term Care Programs; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan”

The need for long-term care (LTC) represents a “new social risk,” one that overlaps with and complements systems of care that pre-date such programs, complicating LTC program design. This commentary expands on Ikegami’s discussion of how these structural factors must be accommodated, as well as historical and cultural factors that influence public expectations of such a...