medical tourism is one of the subdirectories of tourism in order to receive health care in other countries. it has become a major industry in the global arena. according to the great potential of this industry in iran, is essential to paying more attention to this branch of tourism, economic effect and also the effect of economic indicators on tourism industry. therefore, this paper examines th...

abstract aim and background: this study was conducted with the aim of explaining aspects of conceptual framework of indicators for mental health.providing mental health indicators conceptual framework could provide for the creation of a unified set of mental health indicators. methods and materials: this research was conducted in the method of systematic review and in type of library researchin...

OBJECTIVE To compare the association between Mutuelles enrolment and medical care utilisation among under-five rural children between 2005 and 2010; that is, before and after substantial improvements in service availability took place in rural areas. METHODS We tracked the change in service availability between 2005 and 2010. Using the nationally representative population-based Rwanda Demogra...

background: social health is important to be assessed as a dimension of health. in this study we tried to determine areas and sub-areas of children social health indicators.   methods: in a structured way, we reviewed the main social health databases and documents since 1995, both iranian and international were reviewed to develop conceptual framework and to extract indicators.   results: accor...

background: in this regard, in iran a plan was developed and accordingly 52 indicators to measure equity inhealth were developed and announced by the ministry of health in collaboration with other sectors.this study aims to obtain a deeper understanding of the development of health equity indicators andidentify their implementation challenges and proposed solutions from the perspective of polic...

Among the myriad of indicators available for measuring health, which ones are most appropriate for following health trends over time in the elderly population? Health in older people is often characterised by the simultaneous presence of multiple conditions, with or without disease, which cannot be cured. Morbid conditions interact with the environment and with the ageing process in ways we do ...