# Equal contributor, + Equal contributor, 1 Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University 2 Bioinformatics Institute Ghent, Ghent University 3 Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 4 Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich 5 SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich 6 Dep...

S. Abramsab* , P. Janssenac & N. Veraverbekeaca Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics (I-BioStat), Data Science (DSI), University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgiumb Global Health (GHI), Family Medicine Population (FAMPOP), Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgiumc North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

background: although many countries had improvement in heath system in last twenty years but expense of research and its difficulties does not allow managers to solve their problems by doing research. if we accept that biostatistics is one of the scientific tools for research, we imply that in all domains of health system research applying statistical techniques is essential. this study was per...