background: measurement of patients’ satisfaction as a reliable indicator of quality of hospital service shows the ability of care providers to meet patients' expectations. this study was conducted to assess patients’ satisfaction in hospital services. methods:  this cross-sectional study was carried out at the zanjan university of medical sciences in 2013 -2014. a total of 486 were select...

background: infant mortality is one of the main indexes in the assessment of a society's access to the primary health care ser­vices. many factors are involved in this regard. the present study aimed at determining the structural association be­tween socio-economic variables and the rate of infant mortality rate. methods: the required data and information were collected from the multiple indica...

OBJECTIVE to analyze the time trend on the demand and lack of access to public health services in Brazil. METHODS this is a panel of cross-sectional studies with data of the National Household Sample Survey (1998, 2003, 2008) and the National Health Survey (2013); the prevalence of demand and lack of access within the fifteen days prior to the survey was estimated; Poisson regression was used...

background many diagnostic and treatment procedures are done in hospitals and clinics. offering services in these areas have a prominent role in promoting patients’ satisfaction levels and their prospective about health services. objectives this study is going to assess the satisfaction levels of patients referring to the six military hospital clinics in iran. materials and methods in this cros...

OBJECTIVE To assess the availability of essential health services in northern Liberia in 2008, five years after the end of the civil war. METHODS We carried out a population-based household survey in rural Nimba county and a health facility survey in clinics and hospitals nearest to study villages. We evaluated access to facilities that provide index essential services: artemisinin combinatio...