background: the population of elderly in iran and in the world is increasing. it is predicted that the population of elderly reaches to 10 millions in iran by the year 2019. elderly more than other age groups are at risk of chronic diseases and health problems; and it affects their self-management and makes them feel disabled. since the knowledge of self-management for iranian elderly is not we...

in recent years, the main focus of health sector reforms in iran is the family physician and referral system plan. fundamental changes in the goals and strategies, has increased the necessity of the need to reform the organizational structure. this study tries to review and summarize all cases about the organizational structure of iran and its challenges in primary health care system.this study...

background: responsiveness is one of the three main goals of the health system introduced by world health organization. this study aimed at examining health system responsiveness after health sector evolution plan in kermanshah, western iran. methods: a sample of 335 hospitalized patients was selected using proportionate allocation to population size method in the city of kermanshah (iran) in 2...

introduction: one of the basic problems of hospital management is lack of an effective fiscal system, which causes in loose cost control. meanwhile, accounting techniques and economic analyses may help the managers to decide better in planning programs and investing fields. then, it’s time to have a better estimate of health care services costs in our competitive situation for the hospitals, in...

background: avoidable mortality (am) is one of the most important health indicators (hi) and represents the quality of care in a hospital.objective: this study measured the efficacy of a training program for a hospital healthcare staff to reduce am.methods: this epidemiological study on community intervention analyzed time-series data on hi by semesters from 2008 to 2015. the pre-intervention p...

background: health care organizations are of high importance due to their significant responsibility in prevention and care. job dissatisfaction among health care staff would result in emotional disconnection, indifference, and decreased quality of health services. the present study thus aimed to evaluate job satisfaction among health workers. methods: this study was a cross-sectional analysis ...