background: lack of access to health services has been mentioned as one of the main causes of health inequity in health system. the aim of this study was to measure horizontal inequity in access to outpatient services in shiraz. method: this household survey was conducted among 1608 participants above 18 years in shiraz in 2012. four-stage sampling was used. according to high amount of zero-val...

introduction: personal health record is an individual–oriented system that is planned for people to access their health information that using other means of support such as knowledge databases to help people to have more active role in their health considering that physicians and nurses have a basic role in its completing, educating and using of this tools, this study was conducted to evaluate...

introduction: health information plays a vital role in managers' decision making and planning. health information in the form of medical records is also useful for caregivers, quality assessment, financial payments, legal measures, education, research and planning. in this study, to examine the managers and personnel's viewpoints about the application of medical records. methods and material: i...

background: the united nations has predicted that the population of slum dwellers will have grown from one billion people worldwide to 2 billion by 2030. this trend is also predictable in iran. in the iranian metropolis of shiraz, more than 10% of the residents live in slum areas. there are several problems regarding the delivery of social services in these areas. the aim of this study was to e...

results predictable increase of alcohol consumption after the anti-alcohol campaign facilitated the economical reforms of the early 1990s: workers and some intelligentsia did not oppose privatizations of state-owned enterprises partly due to their drunkenness, involvement in workplace theft and use of equipment for profit, which was often tolerated by the management at that and earlier time. co...