In April 2014, CDC published "Providing Quality Family Planning Services: Recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs" (QFP), which describes the scope of services that should be offered in a family planning visit and how to provide those services (e.g., periodicity of screening, which persons are in need of services, etc.) (1). The sections in QFP include the following: De...

BACKGROUND The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is anticipated to increase the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits. Therefore, there is a critical need to improve the quality of care transitions among ED patients from ED to outpatient services.  OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of systematic implementation of a pharmacist-led patient-centered approach...

Improving public awareness of cancer and encouraging health behavior change are important aspects of cancer control. We investigated whether a community-based roadshow was an effective way of communicating with the public about cancer and encouraging behavior change. Data were from 1196 people who completed questionnaires at a Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Roadshow in 2013. Of these, 511 ...

One of the most interesting findings of hypertension research in the past 10 years has been that the cardiovascular protective effects of antihypertensive drugs depend not only on the mean blood pressure (BP) values achieved during treatment but also on the consistency of BP control between on-treatment visits. This was suggested in 2007 by the observation that in patients with hypertension and...

One of the most interesting findings of hypertension research in the past 10 years has been that the cardiovascular protective effects of antihypertensive drugs depend not only on the mean blood pressure (BP) values achieved during treatment but also on the consistency of BP control between on-treatment visits. This was suggested in 2007 by the observation that in patients with hypertension and...

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Background: Appointment scheduling system is a critical component in controlling patients’ waiting time, so can increase the efficiency and timely access to health services. It is also an important determinant of patient satisfaction. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship of using a scheduling system and outpatients’ waiting time in a general teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran. M...

OBJECTIVE When deciding how much hospital resources should be allocated to comprehensive primary care clinics for children with multisystem disorders, it is important to consider all of the non-primary care revenue streams associated with these children as well as the effects of a comprehensive primary care program on access and quality. The objectives of this study were, first, to determine co...

Background: In Iran, a combination of three methods of budget payment, fee for service and case-based payment (known as the global payment system) is used to reimburse the cost of hospital services. The aim of this study was to investigate the costs of 90 services of the Global Hospital Reimbursement System at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional app...