Farhad Lotfi*
Education Development Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
[ 1 ] - A Survey on Study Habits of Medical Students in Shiraz Medical School
Background: Study habits and skills are very important particularly in medical school which is characterized by heavy workload, heavy time commitments, and high stakes assessments. Students’ approach to learning, which includes study habits, has an important impact on both the excellence of the learning and their academic success. The aim of this study was to evaluate the study habits of Shiraz...
[ 3 ] - Factors Influencing Pharmaceutical Demand in Iran: Results from a Regression Study
Background and Objectives: Pharmaceutical expenditures are responsible for a major part of health systems’ cost. According to the WHO’s statistics, Iran is the first among the 20 countries in the world in terms of drug consumption. The first step in controlling consumption of a particular good is to identify factor inducing the relevant demands. Hence, this study aimed to identify the pattern a...
[ 4 ] - اندازه گیری برابری در توزیع منابع فیزیکی و انسانی بخش سلامت در بین شهرستان های استان لرستان (1393-1385)
Introduction: Inequity in access to health care facilities in one area could result in misdistribution of these resources. The aim of this study was to measure equity in distribution of physical and human resources in health sector among the cities of Loresta Province. Method: This survey is an analytical and descriptive study. Measuring inequity in distribution of resources and health care fa...
[ 5 ] - بررسی عوامل تعیین کننده تقاضا برای بیمه‌ی عمر در کشورهای منتخب
Introduction: Life insurance is important to the extent that it is introduced as a valid index in the international survey of evaluating countries’ development level. However, this industry has remained unknown in most of the developing countries and its role is really low in these countries’ economy. The aim of this study is to maintain the impact of macro-economic variables with l...
[ 6 ] - ارزیابی عملکرد بیمارستان های تحت پوشش دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران: کاربرد تکنیک های اقتصادی در حوزه سلامت
Introduction: Hospitals are considered as one of the main health delivery systems and the largest and most expensive operational units that have specific importance and sensitivity. This study was conducted to assess the performance of hospitals affiliated with Iran University of Medical Sciences applying economical techniques. Methods: This was a cross sectional with a data panel study conduc...
[ 7 ] - بررسی جایگاه بخش سلامت در اقتصاد ایران و ارتباط آن با دیگر بخش ها
Introduction: Health sector is one of the most important sectors in the economy of any country with its products being on demand by individuals and households. This study was done in order to survey the health sector in Iran's economy using input-output analysis. Methods: In this analytical study all economic sectors in Iran were compared using input-output Technique. Ultimately, linkages, im...
[ 8 ] - Social accounting matrix and the effects of economic reform on health price index and household expenditures: Evidence from Iran
Background: Socioeconomic indicators are the main factors that affect health outcome. Health price index (HPI) and households living costs (HLC) are affected by economic reform. This study aimed at examining the effect of subsidy targeting plan (STP) on HPI and HLC. Methods: The social accounting matrix was used to study the direct and indirect effects of STP. We chose 11 health r...
[ 9 ] - رابطه عوامل اقتصادی-اجتماعی و بروز سرطان معده با استفاده از مدل شبکه عصبی مصنوعی در مردان ایران
مقدمه: امروزه با شتاب بالای تغییرات در مولفه های تاثیرگذار در تشدید بروز سرطان ها پیش بینی می شود نرخ رشد سرطان افزایش یافته و به بیش از دو برابر وضع موجود طی دو دهه آینده برسد و به عنوان یکی از چالش های مهم نظام سلامت مطرح گردد. هدف این مطالعه بررسی رابطه سرطان معده در مردان تمامی استان های کشور ایران با مولفه های اجتماعی-اقتصادی آن می باشد. مواد و روش ها: اشکال روش های سنتی تخمین میزان سرطا...
[ 10 ] - Higher Education Administration and Accountability the Necessity of Autonomy and Academic Freedom from Faculties’ Viewpoint
Introduction: Originality and dynamism of university activities calls for a democratic atmosphere and considered as a supporting principles for faculties. Giving autonomy to universities is a fundamental policy to enhance their responsibility, accountability, and dynamism. Hence, this study is an endeavor to investigate the autonomy and academic freedom situation in university from the viewpoin...
[ 11 ] - Internal Obstacles in Research Activities: Faculty Members' Viewpoints in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Introduction: Universities are the most important setting for science production and organizing academic research is one of the most effective strategies in society development. The main idea of this study was identifying the internal barriers to academic research from viewpoint of faculties in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Main question was which obstacles affect research activity fro...
[ 12 ] - Estimation of the cost function for hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences during 2015-2016
Background: Estimation of cost functions is an appropriate tool for optimal resource allocation in hospitals. The present study aimed at estimating cost function for hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Materials & Methods: In the current cross-sectional study, inputs, costs and resources data for 28 hospitals were gathered from h...
[ 13 ] - A Study of the Implementation of Clinical Teaching Standards Submitted by the Ministry of Health from Viewpoints of Medical Students in Jahrom University of Medical Sciences (Cross-sectional Study)
Introduction: Introduction: Evaluation of the quality of clinical teaching from the students' point of view plays an important role in recognition of the related problems and improvement of the quality of this type of teaching. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical teaching in Jahrom educational and training centers based on the standards of clinical teaching set by the ministry of hea...
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