BACKGROUND There are many factors that influence access to public health services, such as the context people live in, the existing health services, and personal, cultural and community factors. People with disabilities (activity limitations), through their experience of health services, may offer a particular understanding of the performance of the health services, thus exposing health system ...

introduction: the rapid increase in health costs across the world has forced governments to use insurance programs. uncontrolled costs would reduce the financial ability of insurance organizations in providing services. abuse of health insurance wastes 3-15% of the health budget annually. this study was conducted to determine cases of violating the rules and regulations of medical services insu...

The recovery approach has been steadily gain­ ing prominence as a guiding principle for mental health services (Department of Health 2001), with rehabilitation services in particular in the process of redefining themselves according to a recovery ethos (Shepherd 2008). This has entailed a funda­ mental shift in values for mental health services, from a predominant clinical recovery ethos (i.e. ...

background: health-related professionals are at high risk of job burnout which will in turn lead to effects on health services provision. the present study was conducted to define job burnout and its association with personal characteristics among the midwives working in isfahan, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive correlational study was performed on 193 midwives working in health ce...

RA is the process whereby a user of a health service has the power to access their personal health record (PHR). The PHR means any health record holding information pertaining exclusively to that person. The PHR can be held centrally, when all health records, including community, GP and hospital, are held in a central store; or they can be distributed, stored in different places. RA thus means ...