objective: this study aims at conducting a systematic review of the researches performed to determine case finding rates throughout the integration of mental health services into phc over recent twenty years . method : through electronic search, major national and international databases including pubmed, psychinfo, and embase were investigated. all original studies and researches in persian or...

results the findings of this study showed that in most selected countries, primary care services were provided by the private sector and the public sector has been mostly functioning as a supervisor in this area, but in iran, primary care services were provided by the government. the findings of this study also showed that hospital services in iran and selected countries (second and third level...

The aim of this thesis was to study the development of integrated delivery systems (IDSs). An IDS is a form of institutionalised partnership between organisations and health care professionals, aimed at facilitating cooperation at the levels of management, support services and the primary processes. The purpose of developing an IDS is to achieve control, quality and efficiency in health care de...

this survey was carried out on children less than five years of age from rural areas of three provinces in iran (west azarbaijan, bushehre, and central province), with different health care delivery systems and various types of immunization scheme, to determine the immune status of measles and the vaccine coverage. our results indicate that the rates of measles immunity and vaccine coverage for...

there is an increasing policy emphasis on the integration of care, both within the healthcare sector and also between the health and social care sectors, with the simple aim of ensuring that individuals get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. however, implementing this simple aim is rather more complex. in this editorial, we seek to make sense of this complexity and ask: what...

This book comprises an edited collection of research studies and conceptual essays on the topic of integrated care. There is no specific logic to the presentation of the material and the contents represent a highly varied and eclectic mix of subjects. Indeed, the contents have all the hallmarks of a set of conference papers that have been collated together without a huge amount of thought. As a...

background: non-communicable diseases (ncds) and psychological hazards are increasingly observed in industries, necessitating the need to strengthen industrial health systems to control the same. district level data on level of functioning of industrial health systems and services with special focus on systems available for mental health care is lacking in india. this information is vital to pl...