background: asthma is a common condition in general medical practice, and it accounts for about 1% of all ambulatory hospital visits. nowadays, hospitalization rates for asthma have actually been increased in some demographic subgroups despite recent advances in treatment. understanding the underlying factors that contribute to hospitalization and especially duration of the hospitalization of a...

background and aims: burn injuries gives rise to mortality and long-term disability, and impose a high economic burden on patients, their families, and society.  thus, we investigated the direct hospitalization costs of the 388 burn patients admitted to the burn center of imam khomeini hospital in kermanshah province of iran. material and methods: this  retrospective study was conducted on all ...

Abstract: So far, too little attention has been paid to total burden of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in Iran. In present study, we aimed to assess the rate of HAIs, as well as economic burden of hospitalization and antibiotic related cost associated with HAIs at training Taleghani hospital in Iran and to compare our results with NNIS system. This research to date for the first time h...

Abstract: So far, too little attention has been paid to total burden of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in Iran. In present study, we aimed to assess the rate of HAIs, as well as economic burden of hospitalization and antibiotic related cost associated with HAIs at training Taleghani hospital in Iran and to compare our results with NNIS system. This research to date for the first time h...

abstract: so far, too little attention has been paid to total burden of healthcare associated infections (hais) in iran. in present study, we aimed to assess the rate of hais, as well as economic burden of hospitalization and antibiotic related cost associated with hais at training taleghani hospital in iran and to compare our results with nnis system. this research to date for the first time h...

    Background: Smoking is recognized as one of the main public health problems worldwide and is accounted for a high financial burden to healthcare systems and the society as a whole. This study was aimed at examining the effect of smoking status on cost of hospitalization among patients with lung cancer (LC), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ischemic heart disea...

objectives: there are much more studies about adolescence in most countries in compare with other age groups. the goal of this study is evaluation of relationship between duration of hospitalization in elderly patients in comparison to the middle ages. methods & materials: this is a descriptive analysis, cross sectional, case study and retrospective research that was done after gathering the da...