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View article: Economic Evaluation of Medications in Prevention and Treatment of Obesity: A Systematic Review
Economic Evaluation of Medications in Prevention and Treatment of Obesity: A Systematic Review Open
Background: Obesity imposes a heavy burden on healthcare systems and society. Despite various treatment options, choosing cost-effective pharmacological interventions remains a key concern for health policymakers. This study systematically…
View article: Spatiotemporal epidemiology of brucellosis in Iran from 2009 to 2018: A mixed ecological study
Spatiotemporal epidemiology of brucellosis in Iran from 2009 to 2018: A mixed ecological study Open
Background: Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. The present study was carried out to determine the epidemiological status of the brucellosis and identify the high-risk and low-risk clusters in different pr…
View article: Spatial Epidemiology and Temporal Trend of Brucellosis in Iran Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Join Point Regression Analysis: An Ecological 10-Year Study
Spatial Epidemiology and Temporal Trend of Brucellosis in Iran Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Join Point Regression Analysis: An Ecological 10-Year Study Open
Background: Brucellosis is one of the common diseases between humans and animals. We aimed to assess the annual incidence rate, the geographical distribution of Malta fever using GIS and its time trend. Methods: This was an ecology study c…
View article: Economic Burden of Hepatitis B at Different Stages of the Disease: A Systematic Review Study.
Economic Burden of Hepatitis B at Different Stages of the Disease: A Systematic Review Study. Open
The treatment costs of diseases related to chronic hepatitis B increase significantly at different stages the disease progression. Although vaccination actions can reduce the disease, we require more investment in the health system infrast…
View article: Policy and Executive Barriers in Preventing and Eradicating Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review.
Policy and Executive Barriers in Preventing and Eradicating Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review. Open
To achieve important eradication goals, measures such as acceleration in practice are needed to plan, intensify executive and operational approaches, change application models, innovate processes, and promote culture are needed. In additio…
View article: Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors of Clinical Knowledge Sharing among Medical Specialists in University Hospitals
Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors of Clinical Knowledge Sharing among Medical Specialists in University Hospitals Open
Background: Clinical knowledge sharing (CKS) is one of the key points of knowledge management in the field of health and significantly increases the quality of care and patient safety. It also provides the achievement of an efficient syste…
View article: Clinical knowledge sharing self-efficacy among healthcare professionals: A commentary
Clinical knowledge sharing self-efficacy among healthcare professionals: A commentary Open
View article: Design and psychometric evaluation of health system intervention assessment tools for children in floods
Design and psychometric evaluation of health system intervention assessment tools for children in floods Open
BACKGROUND: Flood is one of the most frequent disasters in Iran, which has highly affected the population and consequences on the health system. Children as the most vulnerable group too need to receive health services during floods. The a…
View article: Prevalence of Psychological Disorders among Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Prevalence of Psychological Disorders among Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Background: Repeated contact with patients with COVID-19 and working in quarantine conditions has made health workers vulnerable to psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the present systematic review and meta-ana…
View article: The economic cost of cancer treatment in Iran
The economic cost of cancer treatment in Iran Open
BACKGROUND: With more than 12 million new cases of cancers and nearly 7.6 million deaths worldwide in 2020, cancer is currently the third leading cause of mortality in the world. The costs spent on treating patients with cancer account for…
View article: Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder After Flood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder After Flood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Introduction Flood as the most common kind of the natural disasters has unpleased short, medium, and long-term consequences on the victims’ welfare, relationships, and physical and mental health. One of the most common mental health disord…
View article: Evaluation of medical equipment management in educational hospitals in Isfahan
Evaluation of medical equipment management in educational hospitals in Isfahan Open
BACKGROUND: Medical equipment plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment, and medical education, and each year the major share of hospital costs (about 5%–15% annually) is allocated to the purchase of medical equipment. The select…
View article: Identification of the factors related to the clinical knowledge sharing
Identification of the factors related to the clinical knowledge sharing Open
Today, the ability of the organizations to successfully knowledge management and sharing can help them in better performance. Effective knowledge sharing (KS) in the clinical context provides better clinical decisions and improves the qual…
View article: Iran's struggling health system in the policy of managing the COVID-19 pandemic
Iran's struggling health system in the policy of managing the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Identification of the most important challenges of service providers and staff managers can play an important role in improving the management of the new coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19). It seems that in order to solve some of these challe…
View article: A comprehensive review on various aspects of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccines
A comprehensive review on various aspects of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccines Open
This is a comprehensive review based on the published papers in the field of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination. Many efforts have been made to develop vaccines to combat this pandemic. Since December 2020, more than 200 vaccines have been …
View article: Simple Equations Pertaining to the Particle Number and Surface Area of Metallic, Polymeric, Lipidic and Vesicular Nanocarriers
Simple Equations Pertaining to the Particle Number and Surface Area of Metallic, Polymeric, Lipidic and Vesicular Nanocarriers Open
Introduction: Bioactive encapsulation and drug delivery systems have already found their way to the market as efficient therapeutics to combat infections, viral diseases and different types of cancer. The fields of food fortification, nutr…
View article: Strategic purchasing and the performance of health-care systems in upper middle income countries: A comparative study
Strategic purchasing and the performance of health-care systems in upper middle income countries: A comparative study Open
BACKGROUND: Providing financial resources for health services is one of the most important issues in the study of health systems, of which purchasing health services is very essential. The World Health Organization considers strategic purc…
View article: Barriers in the performance-based payment in Iran health system: Challenges and solutions
Barriers in the performance-based payment in Iran health system: Challenges and solutions Open
BACKGROUND: One of the main goals of hospital management is to attract, maintain, and increase the number of qualified and efficient human resources, and one of the key and most important factors in achieving this goal is to design and imp…
View article: How to Write a Systematic Review: A Narrative Review
How to Write a Systematic Review: A Narrative Review Open
In recent years, published systematic reviews in the world and in Iran have been increasing. These studies are an important resource to answer evidence-based clinical questions and assist health policy-makers and students who want to ident…
View article: Change Paradigm in the Face of COVID-19; From Bans to Incentives
Change Paradigm in the Face of COVID-19; From Bans to Incentives Open
View article: Different Approaches to Confronting the Biological Epidemic; Prevention Tools with an Emphasis on COVID-19: A Systematized Study
Different Approaches to Confronting the Biological Epidemic; Prevention Tools with an Emphasis on COVID-19: A Systematized Study Open
Background: The World Health Organization has identified COVID-19 as a public health emergency and is urging governments to stop the virus transmission by adopting appropriate policies. In this regard, authorities have taken different appr…
View article: What is the impact of clinical guidelines on imaging costs?
What is the impact of clinical guidelines on imaging costs? Open
Inappropriate and irrational use of numerous advanced diagnostic imaging technologies has recently been highlighted in many countries and has gathered the attention of policymakers. This matter has not only increased health costs in countr…
View article: The Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility of Statin Drug for the Treatment of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease, A Systematic Review
The Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility of Statin Drug for the Treatment of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease, A Systematic Review Open
Cardiovascular diseases impose a burden of disease and economic burden on society. With regard to different drugs are used to treat cardiovascular disease; these interventions should be economically evaluated and them that the most cost-ef…
View article: Challenges of the Health System in Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases; Systematized Review
Challenges of the Health System in Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases; Systematized Review Open
Background: The basis of prevention of non-communicable diseases is the identification of primary risk factors and the prevention and control of these factors. The purpose is to prevent the spread of the disease and to control it as much a…
View article: Strive for kidney health for everyone during COVID-19; the possible theme for the world kidney day 2021
Strive for kidney health for everyone during COVID-19; the possible theme for the world kidney day 2021 Open
Increasing awareness regarding CKD and self-care during COVID-19 pandemic has become the most important aspect for the nephrologists. Hence it is appropriate that the theme of the forthcoming World Kidney Day on 11 March 2021 should be "St…
View article: COVID-19 Pandemic in the World and its Relation to Human Development Index: A Global Study
COVID-19 Pandemic in the World and its Relation to Human Development Index: A Global Study Open
: Coronaviruses are a large family and a subset of Coronaviridae that include common cold viruses and other severe diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV), and coronavirus dis…
View article: Comparison of Intellectual Structure of Knowledge in International Journal of Preventive Medicine with MeSH: A Co-Word Analysis
Comparison of Intellectual Structure of Knowledge in International Journal of Preventive Medicine with MeSH: A Co-Word Analysis Open
Background: The aim of the current study is to determine the Comparison of intellectual structure of International Journal of Preventive Medicine (IJPM) with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) based on author keywords and index terms of Scopu…
View article: Comparison of the Infertility-Related Stress Among Couples and its Relationship With Infertility Factors
Comparison of the Infertility-Related Stress Among Couples and its Relationship With Infertility Factors Open
Objectives: Inability to have a child is stressful and affects all aspects of couples’ lives. Infertility diagnosis, duration and reason of infertility, treatment failure, and frequent pregnancy tests are among the stress-inducing factors …
View article: Opportunities and challenges of resident specialists' attendance plan guidelines (health-care transformation plan) in Isfahan university hospitals in 2015
Opportunities and challenges of resident specialists' attendance plan guidelines (health-care transformation plan) in Isfahan university hospitals in 2015 Open
Background: Given new reforms in Iran's health-care system and due to the need for gathering evidence regarding the implementation of this plan, this study aimed to investigate opportunities and challenges created by resident specialist at…
View article: Trends of geographic distribution of general practitioners in the public health sector of Iran
Trends of geographic distribution of general practitioners in the public health sector of Iran Open
According to the results of this study, the distribution of GPs in public health sector of Iran in between 2010 and 2016 showed inequality. Therefore, along with increasing the number of GPs working in public health sector, it is necessary…