received: november 2005 accepted: feburary 2006 corresponding author: dr aeen mohammadi, is a researcher in , the secretariat for education and student affairs of ministry of health and medical education,tehran, iran . 13 th floor, secretariat for education and student affairs, ministry of health and medical education, simaye iran st., falamak jonoobi ave, shahrake ghods, tehran email: aeenmoha...

Pay for performance (P4P) is becoming increasingly popular in the health care sector as a tool for encouraging performance (especially quality) improvement. Evidence about the effect of policies in hospitals is rare and generally confined to developed countries. The Iranian hospital grading system, which links the charges hospitals can make for patient stay to the results of their annual perfor...

BACKGROUND In recent years, family physician plan was established as the main strategy of health system in Iran, while organizational structure of the primary health care system has remained the same as thirty years ago. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to illustrate structural and contextual dimensions of organizational structure and relationship between them in Iranian primary health car...

One of the most essential purposes health system is to ensure that people affected by various disastrous events, such as floods, have access timely basic services. Therefore, enhancing preparedness and response plans for events should be a national priority. Because complexity devastating impacts floods on public health, it crucial understand aspects flood experience in country. The experiences...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: obesity or being overweight is a major health problem in iran. only few studies are available that compare the obesity prevalence by four different available criteria. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among isfahani adolescents based on four different definitions. materials and methods: this...

INTRODUCTION In the developing countries, diabetes mellitus as a chronic diseases, have replaced infectious diseases as the main causes of morbidity and mortality. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently estimates 382 million people have diabetes globally and more than 34.6 million people in the Middle East Region and this number will increase to 67.9 million by 2035. The aim of this s...

Shirin Nosratnejad, Elham Shami. Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Services Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. (*Corresponding author); MSc of Health Services Management, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence for Health Management, Tabr...