introduction: health services currently support physical and mental health of individuals and are a prerequisite for sustainable development in every community. however, such benefits cannot be gained unless balanced distribution of health and treatment facilities and equipments among various geographical regions is ensured. this study assessed the status of development and rankings of iranian ...

introduction: health system performance assessment provides appropriate information about the status of health systems for governments and communities. therefore, in the recent decade, many countries have focused on performance assessment and reporting in order to develop methods and tools as a mean to help achieving health goals. the present study tries to design an indicator-based model (incl...

OBJECTIVE This report compares national estimates for selected health status indicators, health behaviors, health care utilization, health conditions, immunizations, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing status for American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) adults with those for white, black, Asian, and Hispanic adults aged 18 years and over. METHODS The estimates in this report were de...

Sexual health and rights indicators provide essential tools for monitoring the status of individuals' sexual health and its rights, in various countries. This paper discusses sexual health and rights indicators in Iran. The indicators under study are derived from similar indicators developed by Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women, for the 15th anniversary of the International C...

BACKGROUND Extremely high rates of mortality and morbidity have been reported among people with intellectual disabilities. Virtually no research has addressed the potential social determinants of health status within this very vulnerable population. METHOD Cross-sectional survey of self-reported health status and indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage and social connectedness in 1273 Englis...

BACKGROUND The early decades of the 21st century are considered to be the era of human resources for health (HRH). The World Health Report (WHR) 2006 launched the Health Workforce Decade (2006-2015), with high priority given for countries to develop effective workforce policies and strategies. In many countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), particularly those classified as Low and ...

This paper uses the abrupt changes in health insurance coverage at age 65 arising from the Medicare program eligibility rules to evaluate the impact of insurance status on treatment intensity and health outcomes. Drawing from several million hospital discharge records for the State of California, we begin by identifying a subset of patients who are admitted through the emergency room for non-de...

including mortality, morbidity, general health, health habits, and functional limitations. These health indicators have in turn been associated with a number of socioeconomic status measures, including income, wealth, occupation, and education. While these indicators of socioeconomic status are all related to one another, each has unique aspects. Some of these indicators may serve as both a cau...