background given the rapid pace of changes in community health needs and the mission of healthcare organizations to provide and promote the community’s health, the growing need to increase health system responsiveness to people as a key element of observance and fulfillment of justice is felt more than ever. results confirmatory factor analysis, based on the results of the key informant survey ...

results the findings of this study showed that in most selected countries, primary care services were provided by the private sector and the public sector has been mostly functioning as a supervisor in this area, but in iran, primary care services were provided by the government. the findings of this study also showed that hospital services in iran and selected countries (second and third level...

background: screening of students ´ health problems could lead to timely prevention and control of many health disorders. this study aimed to determine the nationwide prevalence of common disorders through school health screening program in iran methods: this cross-sectional national screening program was conducted in 2007-2008 among first- and third-grade- stu­dents in primary schools, first- ...

BACKGROUND Insurance benefits can have a large effect on whether one is able to access health care services. Mental health and substance abuse (MHSA) insurance coverage has typically been less generous than that of general health services. AIMS OF THE STUDY This paper examines trends in the generosity of private insurance benefits for mental health (MH) services in the United States from 1987...

THE ORIGINS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE are found in the Act of 1798 to improve the health of sick and disabled merchant seamen. That act and its subsequent amendments have provided an unbroken legislative authority for the operation of our country's oldest organized system of hospital care for a specified population. This system of health care delivery, now known as the Public Health Service ...

introduction: one of the most important factors affecting the future survival of organizations is identifying and meeting the increasing needs and demands of patients in order to provide high quality health care services. the aim of this study was to identify factors affecting the selection of milad hospital, iran, by patients based on combined marketing factors. methods: the present analytical...

introduction: outsourcing in health care sector is a cost-effective strategy that can lead to increased quality of services provided to patients. the aim of this study was to determine the types of outsourced services in educational hospitals in isfahan and to investigate the viewpoints of managers about the impact of outsourcing. methods: this descriptive survey was carried out in 2010. resear...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this proposed rule to amend the 1994 tentative final monograph or proposed rule (the 1994 TFM) for over-the-counter (OTC) antiseptic drug products. In this proposed rule, we are proposing to establish conditions under which OTC antiseptic products intended for use by health care professionals in a hospital setting or other health care situations...

More than a century has passed since Edwin Chadwick in England (1842) made some of the first studies of public health services to bear fruit in new methods. Lemuel Shattuck in this country studied the State of Massachusetts in 1848 and we shall soon mark the centenary of his publication. Since these early beginnings very significant progress has been made in our means for conserving health, and...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing this final rule establishing that certain active ingredients used in nonprescription (also known as overthe-counter or OTC) antiseptic products intended for use by health care professionals in a hospital setting or other health care situations outside the hospital are not generally recognized as safe and effective (GRAS/GRAE)....