hospitals have a long history throughout the history of medicine. first hospitals are originated from persia in ancient times in the sassanid dynasty (2nd to 6th century ad). after the advent of islam in persia (iran) in 637 ad, medical knowledge and also hospitals were ourished and advanced by persian scholars. shiraz azodi hospital and university was one of the important hospitals in persia....

background: drug use evaluation (due) aims at improving the patients’ care. studying the administration pattern of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) is an important research topic due to its significant role in the treatment and controlling of many disorders, high prices, and limited availability of this drug. methods: this observational cross-sectional study was conducted at shahid sadoughi ho...

background treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction (ami) is time related, so delay in treatment could affect prognosis. recognizing pre-hospital or in-hospital delays in initiating treatment and reducing these factors is very efficacious in treatment of these patients. results 35.7% patients arrived during one hour of symptom onset, and 7.9% arrived after 24 hours. patients havin...

introduction althoughthere is a consensus that the economic burden of burn injury is high, but few studies have conducted about cost of burns injury among pediatric in developing countries. we explored the main factors influencing on hospital costs and length of stay (los) associated with pediatric burns injury in kermanshah, iran. methods and material we performed a review ofmedical records fr...

background hospitals are the most costly operational and really important units of health system because they consume about 50%-89% of total health resources. therefore efficient use of resources could help in saving and reallocating the financial and physical resources. objectives the aim of this study was to obtain an overview of hospitals' performance status by applying different techniques,...

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...

background and objectives: family, personal and social factors play a role in resiliency. so this study was done for investigating the mediating role of spiritual intelligent in relationship of mindfulness and resilience in vali-e-asr hospital of birjand. methods: the present study is an analyzing correlation type. 120 staffs (remedial, administrative, social service) of vali-e-asr hospital wer...

background and objectives: appropriate attitude about enjoining good and forbidding evil (egfe) as two fundamental topics in islam that are known as a social phenomenon can use as a powerful tool in islamic organizations to promote happiness, management improvement and correction of defficiencies. the objective was to assess attitude of hospital staff regarding enjoining good and forbidding evi...

introduction: accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of oncology patients presented to emergency department (ed) can dramatically enhance their quality of life and decrease their mortality rate. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate these patients from an epidemiologic point of view as well as identifying death-related factors. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, all...

background and purpose: scorpion sting is one of the major health problems of undeveloped countries, which causes severe complications and sometimes death.this study aimed toassessment knowledge of scorpion sting patients who admitted to ahvaz razi hospital about pre-hospital care. materials and methods: this is a descriptive study, which its participants were sampled by a pilot method, and the...