Background and Aim: Burn injury as a devastating injury causing severe losses and early death. Treatment of burned patients is very expensive. The main purpose of this study was to calculate the economic burden of burn injuries in a hospital. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in in Taleghani hospital in Ahvaz, Iran, in 2015. A valid and reliable ...

Abstract Background: Healthcare policymakers and planners use the economic burden of the disease to determine the total cost of an outcome, illness, or accident imposed on the country. The aim of this study was to calculate the direct and indirect medical costs in Covid-19 patients with critical conditions hospitalized in the intensive care unit in Golestan province. Methods: This descriptive...

  Background and purpose: Thalassemia is a preventable genetic disorder that is a major health problem. It is now two decades since implementation of the national program for preventing β-thalassemia major in Iran. This study was conducted to compare the costs and results of this program from 2010 to 2014 in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Materials and methods: Economic evaluation...

The ancient and historic site of Bisotun is one of the most reliable archaeological works of the world, which was registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006. This research studies the economic value (including recreational value and existential value) of Bisotun Historical Complex using the Logit and Probit valuation models. The statistical population of the study was visitors to the ...

Introduction: Occupational accidents impose a lot of costs on the national economy of the country. Estimation of these costs contributes to decision-making for cost control. This study aims to estimate economic damages to the Social Security Organization caused by occupational accidents in Yazd, 2008-2009 Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study in which the total 990 occupational ...

Poverty line, both with the absolute and relative definitions, is a quite popular policy tool for characterizing the poor people from non-poor With taking into account the households’ characteristics, this research intends to estimate the poverty lines among urban areas of Iran. To this end, we use the well- know linear expenditures system at household level and households’ income and expenditu...

Following the rise of the fuels that power plants consume in the deregulated market, an increase in the electricity prices would be expected. This article tries to study the effects of power plants’ fuel prices adjustment on the amount of increase in electricity prices in the market. The components of the deregulated power market were modeled in the systems dynamics method with the aim of findi...