Sara Emamgholipour

Department of Management and Health Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Trend of Hospital Performance in Northern Iran: A 5-year Assessment Using Pabon Lasso Model

Background and Objectives: The large contribution of hospitals to the function and expenditures of the healthsector makes their constant monitoring and evaluation inevitable to improve the overall performance of the health system. Built on that, the present study aimed to evaluate the trend of performance of hospitals affiliated with the public hospitals (in Guilan Province, Iran) affiliated wi...

[ 2 ] - Decomposition Socioeconomic Inequality in Infant Mortality in EMRO Countries

Introduction The preservation and promotion of the health in children who are one of the most vulnerable parts in any society has an important role in the health system of each country. In this study, the socioeconomic factors affecting the infant mortality in Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) countries have been examined during the time period from 2000 to 2013. Materials and Meth...

[ 3 ] - نقد ادبی: نگاهی دوباره به «سطح دسترسی به خدمات بهداشت و درمان»

A Review of "Level of Access to Health Care Resources"

[ 4 ] - The impact of rural health insurance and the family physician program on hospitalizations, a before- after study at the county level conducted in Tehran province, Iran

Background: The health insurance and family physician reform in Iran were implemented in 2005. This study was conducted to assess the effect of these reforms on avoidable hospitalizations among the rural population of Eslam-shahr County, Iran.    Methods: We conducted a before-after study in Eslam-shahr County’s single existing hospital. This county is a part of the Tehran Prov...

[ 5 ] - Developing attributes and levels for a discrete choice experiment on basic health insurance in Iran

Background: Nonmarket stated preferences valuation, especially discrete choice experiments (DCEs), is one of the commonly used techniques in the health sector. The primary purpose of this approach is to help select attributes and attributes-levels that are able to properly describe health care products or services. This study aimed at developing attributes and attributes-levels for basic health...

[ 6 ] - Efficiency measurement of health care organizations: What models are used?

Background: Literature abounds with various techniques for efficiency measurement of health care organizations (HCOs), which should be used cautiously and appropriately. The present study aimed at discovering the rules regulating the interplay among the number of inputs, outputs, and decision- making units (DMUs) and identifying all methods used for the measurement of Iranian HCOs and criticall...

[ 7 ] - General practitioners\' views on key factors affecting their desired income: A principal component analysis approach

Background: Based on the target income hypothesis, the economic behavior of physicians is mainly affected by their target income. This study aimed at designing an instrument to explain how general practitioners (GPs) set their desired income.    Methods: A self-administered questionnaire of affecting factors on GPs' target income was extracted from literature reviews and a small qual...

[ 8 ] - ارتباط درجه اعتباربخشی با کارایی فنی بیمارستان های دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران

Background: Hospital accreditation is assumed as an effective control mechanism for health systems to improve quality and efficiency. Current study thus, seeks to look into the relationship between hospitals’ accreditation and efficiency Materials and Methods: In order to measure efficiency, hospital inputs and outputs included the ratio of physician and nurse to bed, mortality and nosocomial ...

[ 9 ] - محاسبه قیمت تمام شده خدمات بخش فیزیوتراپی بیمارستان آموزشی درمانی سینا تهران بر اساس روش هزینه یابی بر مبنای فعالیت و مقایسه آنها با تعرفه های مصوب در سال 1392

Background: Todays, hospitals are facing with shortage of resources and increasing costs challenges, So, cost information and cost calculation of hospital delivered services can be effective in efficient resources allocation and tariff rates reforming and budget. This study aimed at calculating the cost of services and  physiotherapy department's income of Sina hospital and comparing with appro...

[ 10 ] - هزینه – مطلوبیت درمان بیماران مبتلا به تالاسمی ماژور در ایران

  چکیده سابقه و هدف تالاسمی ماژور یک بیماری اتوزومال مغلوب، با عوارض زیاد و مرگ و میر بالا است. امروزه امید به زندگی بیماران تالاسمی ماژور با پیشرفت‌های درمانی به طور قابل توجهی افزایش یافته است در نتیجه بیماران تالاسمی نیازمند مراقبت مادام‌العمر هستند، اما مراقبت از بیماران تالاسمی هزینه‌های زیادی را ایجاد می‏کند، لذا آگاهی از هزینه‏ها و اثربخشی درمان جهت کنترل هزینه‌ها و ارائه درمان‌های کارآ...

[ 11 ] - تحلیل پیامدهای تمرکززدایی سیستم سلامت بر حاکمیت و عدالت در سلامت: به روزرسانی مطالعات مرور منظم

Introduction: One of the goals of health systems is to reduce inequality in access to care and promote people's health. Decentralization in the past four decades has aimed at improving management processes and providing appropriate services. The purpose of this study was to investigate the consequences of decentralization by updating systematic review studies. Materials and Methods:  This rese...

[ 12 ] - بررسی کارایی گردشگری سلامت در ایران و کشورهای منتخب و ارائه راهکارهایی برای ارتقاء موقعیت ایران

در گردشگری سلامت ضرورت دارد تا میزان عملکرد، مورد بررسی قرار گیرد، لذا مناسب است که مدیران این بخش روش هایی برای استفاده از منابع، جهت دستیابی به کارایی بالا به کار گیرند.در این مطالعه به بررسی کارایی گردشگری سلامت در کشورهای منا و OECD و همچنین برخی استان های ایران پرداخته شده و در نهایت راهکارهایی جهت ارتقاء موقعیت ایران ارائه خواهد شد. روش انجام این تحقیق، تحلیل پوششی داده‌ها و حالت بازدهی م...

[ 13 ] - Assessing the welfare level of the elderly in Iran based on development indicators from the perspective of Islam

In recent years, the distribution of the country's population has changed to older ages and the phenomenon of aging can be seen in Iran like other parts of the world. The aging trend of the population, along with its various consequences on productivity and economic growth highlights the importance of the position of this population group, their needs and the government's attention to their lev...