objectives: this study was conducted on the estimation of the efficiency of mental health program in primary health care in chaharmahal and bakhtyari province, situated in center of the islamic republic of iran, from 1999 to 2009. methods: one of the important objectives of mental health program is screening of mental health disorders and follow up. according to the prescription of mental healt...

introduction: to assess efficiency as a relative concept, the difference between real and expected values must be determined by comparing the productivity of economic units of industry and the efficiency in potential production conditions. as economic units, hospitals need to utilize efficiency analysis in order to make optimal use of their available resources. therefore, the present study comp...

introduction: implementation of training programs can help an organization to supply the required specialist manpower and to solve personnel productivity problems. therefore, the implementation of training programs will increase the effectiveness and productivity of personnel services in an organization. to better implement and improve the quality of training programs some necessary conditions ...

conclusions it was concluded that hcos need an hit clearly designed with km and they have to recognize where knowledge is resided, when designing strategies to warrant that knowledge is being created and transferred in the best way and to the right persons. otherwise, the hcos do not use an efficiency-oriented hit. results according to the obtained results 15% of the subjects highly used clinic...

background and objectives: social security organization (sso) is the second largest organization to the ministry of health and medical education (mohme) in providing health care services in iran. in recent years the gap between the sso’s resources and expenditures has shown an unprecedented growing trend due to the rapidly increasing demand. continuation of this trend may lead to financial imba...

â â â  â â  abstract â  the importance of community's health followed by the consideration of endogenous growth models has led to an increase in health expenditure of countries to speed up economic growth and development. this has made the efficiency of health production function to an essential issue especially in developing countries. based upon this, the present study with employing the...

the current study aims to measure the efficiency of primary health care units completed in health sector of rural azad jammu and kashmir (ajk) and to compare it across developed and deprived regions.operational efficiency and beneficiary efficiency of a total of 32 basic health units (bhus) were measured through data envelopment analysis (dea) by using different input and output variables. inde...

background: the effect of health status on productivity has widely been studied and discussed in literature. valid and reliable tools are needed to evaluate the levels of health and productivity and provide detailed information, before any intervention is implemented. world health organization health and work performance questionnaire (hpq) is a widely used instrument in estimating the workplac...