Zahra Kavosi

Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Information, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

[ 1 ] - Household Financial Contribution to the Health System in Shiraz, Iran in 2012

Background One common challenge to social systems is achieving equity in financial contributions and preventing financial loss. Because of the large and unpredictable nature of some costs, achieving this goal in the health system presents important and unique problems. The present study investigated the Household Financial Contributions (HFCs) to the health system.   Methods The study investiga...

[ 2 ] - مقایسه عوامل اقتصادی و اجتماعی موثر بر مرگ و میر کودکان زیر یک سال در کشورهای MENA

Providing, maintaining and improving health of infants as a vulnerable group has a special place in health care. Due to the importance of this index in the United Nations development indices, we compared the socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality rate in Iran and MENA countries during 1980- 2010. The aims of this comparison was to determine major causes of inequalities in infant mortali...

[ 3 ] - Health-related quality of life and its related factors in HIV+ patients referred to Shiraz Behavioral Counseling Center, Iran in 2012

 Background: HIV/AIDS is known to affect an individual not only physically but also mentally, socially, and financially. It is a syndrome that builds a vacuum in a person affecting his/her life as a whole. Nowadays, using anti-viral medication delays the onset of the disease cycle and increases the patients’ life time. From the psychological point of view, however, such patients are faced with ...

[ 4 ] - مقایسه عوامل اقتصادی و اجتماعی موثر بر مرگ و میر کودکان زیر یک سال در کشورهای MENA

تأمین، حفظ و ارتقاء سطح سلامت کودکان زیر یک سال به‌عنوان یک گروه آسیب‌پذیر در خدمات بهداشتی درمانی جایگاه ویژه‌ای دارد. با توجه به اهمیت زیاد شاخص مرگ ومیر کودکان زیر یکسال در شاخص‌های توسعه سازمان‌ملل، در این مطالعه به مقایسه عوامل اقتصادی و اجتماعی موثر بر مرگ-ومیر کودکان زیر یکسال در ایران و کشورهای منا برای دوره زمانی 1980 تا 2010 پرداخته شده است. هدف از این مقایسه، بررسی دلایل ایجاد نابراب...