background & aim: prenatal care is a key strategy for achieving public health goals, primary healthcare objectives, and the millennium development goals. the aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the use of prenatal care services in order to design suitable interventions and promote the use of these services. methods:in this systematic quantitative literature review, stud...

results the five determinants of cost, inconvenience, fear, organization, and patient-dentist relationship were determined as barriers to access to dental services among which the cost and patient-dentist relationship were identified as the first and last priorities with the coordinates (1.4 and 1.4) and (1.25 and -0.65), respectively. conclusions high cost of dental care has led to not referri...

distribution of population depends on the distribution of goods and services. the distribution of population is very important not only for its effects on different aspects of population but also because of its relations with the general features of area. programmers can control the distribution of the population if they control the distribution of goods and services. the purpose of the present...

Assumption 1-(ii) ensures that an equilibrium in which both firms have positive demand prevails when only one of the firms offers the service (else, one firm would set a price to undercut the other and capture the entire market). Similarly, Assumption 1-(iii) ensures both firms have positive demand when both firms offer the service, and Assumption 1-(iv) ensures both firms have positive demand ...

To increase the involvement of urban youth and families who need mental health services, child mental health agencies and providers might consider the following: (1) examining intake procedures and developing interventions to target specific barriers to service use; (2) providing training and supervision to providers to increase a focus on engagement in the first face-to-face meetings with yout...

extended abstract 1. introduction the widespread use of the internet in urban communities has changed the geographical concentration of services and has led to the emergence of urban electronic services. improving productivity and increasing access are the benefits of creating electronic services. to achieve these benefits, the acceptance of electronic services in the community should be consid...