background and objectives: while social network analysis has left a remarkable practical impact in the healthcare field, the potential implication of this methodology in the primary health domain is poorly researched. hence, this study aimed to explore the use and usefulness social network analysis in the context of primary health care. methods: the health volunteers of imam ali health center i...

objective: there are disparities in mental health services (mhs) utilization within and between populations and several factors are studied as its potential correlates. identifying those correlates would help health policy makers to adjust service provision with characteristics of their community. to evaluate demographic, socioeconomic and system correlates of mhs utilization among married wome...

background and objectives: induced demand in healthcare is referred to as provision of unnecessary services or the patient by health services providers, while the patient is not aware of their unnecessity. apart from being unethical, this practice can potentially disturb the supply and demand balance in the health market, pose financial load on the patient, thread the patient’s health by imposi...

Background and Objectives: Considering the importance of adolescents' health and that the first step in designing a comprehensive health plan is to assess the needs of the target group, this study was conducted to determine the health needs of adolescents in Aran-Bidgol City, Iran. Methods: This Cross-sectional-analytical study was performed on 497 students (265 girls and 232 boys) aged 12-18...

PURPOSE We describe the impact of two interventions, a consumer-directed voucher for in-home supportive services and a chronic disease self-management-health-promotion nurse intervention, on the probability of use of two types of home care-skilled home health care and personal assistance services-received by functionally impaired Medicare beneficiaries. DESIGN AND METHODS The Medicare Primary...

The concept of Health was proposed at the beginning of 20th Century. Health was confined to the study of ‘Health of the Public’ and thus ‘Individual Health’ was neglected. Soon after this, a new concept, “health promotion” took shape with an aim that the State had a direct responsibility for the health of the individual. Health promotion includes the personal health services such as mother and ...

The need for a patient-centered approach to health care services delivery is well recognized. Health care has become more specialized, with increasing numbers of disciplines and subdisciplines. In addition, both providers and community are increasingly mobile. As a consequence, patients see more providers, which has led to increasing fragmentation of patient-centered care and in particular of p...

Some countries have been able to balance privacy rights and rights to health and health care in a way that permits privacy-respectful data use for monitoring population health and the quality of health care. There are very good reasons for allowing data use, including to improve health outcomes and patient safety and to make good decisions about the wise use of health care resources. In other c...