Background and Aim: Family physician is the core in the world efforts for quality improvement, cost effectiveness, and equity in the health care systems. The main purpose of this present study was to investigate situation of the family physician program and identify referral route in this program in six pilot cities in Khuzestan province .   Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptiv...

  Background and Objective: Assessment of patients satisfaction has become an important issue in evaluation of health services and it is also one of the qualified criteria of performance of health services providers. The objective of this study was to investigate the villagers satisfaction from the family physician program. Materials and Methods: The present study was cross sectional...

Background and purpose: Health care system is organized at three levels in order to increase efficacy and effectiveness and create justice and also people availability. Considering the three levels of primary health care, access of people to specialized services through referral system is possible. With regard to the importance of referral system in family physician program, this study was perf...

Background: The family physician program is considered to be one of the most remarkable reforms in the health care system which will probably Increase accessibility to physicians especially in deprived areas. This study aims to assess the strengths and weaknesses of family physician program in Fouman and Shaft cities in 1390.Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional and appli...

Background: The Structure of Health System affects quality of care in family physician program. This study aimed to explore the required structures of Family Physician Program for achieving service quality dimensions in Primary Health care through analyzing country experiences. These structures will be useful in achievement of quality health care in family physician system. Methods: In this sy...

Background and Aim: The fair access to health services is one of the most important challenges of the country health system. The family physician was designed to increase access to services, reduce parallel work, and make optimal use of the country’s health resources. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors related to the longevity of physicians in the family physicians Materials ...

Background: One of the key duties of family physician is to form health records and provided recording services. This study conducted to form health records and aevaluate health records in family physician program in Northern Province of Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in second half  2011. 139 of centers implementing family physician program in three ...