Abstract Introduction:  A common method of managing Health Care and proper instruction and referral of patients through health system is implementing family physician planning. In order to improve health indices and referral system, family physician has been employed in the rural areas in the last 8 years. It seems quite essential to re-evaluate this system after these years. Methods:...

Background and purpose: Family physician program was implemented in Iran since 2005. The referral system is considered to be highly important in this program. But failure in appropriate implementation of referral system is a core problem of rural family medicine program in Iran. This study investigated the viewpoints of family physicians regarding referral system in 2012. Materials and metho...

Background and objectives: Iranian family physician care program as a new program has begun since 2005 to deliver a better service particularly in primary health care. The objective this survey was to evaluate the impact of this program on family planning in Sari city between 2003-2007. Methods: This survey was conducted among all women 15-49 years who married. Required data were collected f...

Background and purpose: Studies on the function of referral system in Iran had not covered all aspects and structures of the referral system. This could be due to lack of an appropriate tool that could investigate referral system in Iran. The current study was done to translate and investigate the validation of Referral Systems Assessment and Monitoring (RSAM) Toolkit based on family physician ...