Economic Burden of Vision Loss and Eye Disorders in Iran.

Background: Globally, population growth and ageing are expected to increase the risk of vision impairment for more people. Eye disorders impose heavy social and economic burdens on communities through increased poverty, reduced quality of life, and decreased employment. We aimed to calculate the economic burden of eye diseases in Iran.

Economical Evaluation of Cancer Types Using Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Compared to 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy: A Systematic Review.

Background: Cancer is the second most common cause of death worldwide. Economic evaluation of cancer treatment to reduce costs can save the health care system millions of dollars while optimizing care. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to study the economic evaluation of cancer treatment using intermediate intensity radiation therapy (IMRT) compared to conventional 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT).

New financial management system for Iran public health sector: A qualitative study.

Background: Financial management system acts as a driving force and the first important principle of health sector reform. This study aimed to prepare a framework for new financial management system in Iran health sector.

Materials And Methods: This qualitative study was conducted by content analysis approach and 15 key informant participants selected through purposive sampling consisted of three minsters of Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), three vice-chancellors in the Center of Resource Development and Management, Two members of the Health Assembly of the Islamic Consultative, four Medical Sciences university's presidents, and three managers in Budgeting and performance Monitoring Center of MOHME in 2017.

Iranian medical university board of trustees' challenges in practice: A qualitative study.

Board of Trustees (BOTs) in Iranian medical universities has been considered as one of the most important structural and managerial changes to create a revolution in decision-making and accountability. This study aimed to explore challenges facing BOTs in governing Medical Universities (MUs). In this qualitative study, 27 semi-structured interviews were conducted with current and former members of BOTs, chancellors of universities, BOTs' secretaries, and staff in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in 2017.

New insight into the informal patients' payments on the evidence of literature: a systematic review study.

Background: Nowadays, a growing literature reveals how patients use informal payments to seek either better treatment or additional services, but little systematic review has been accomplished for synthesizing the main factors. The purpose of this study was to analyze the content of literatures to demonstrate the factors for informal patient payments.

Methods: In this systematic review study, PubMed, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, Science Direct, Ovid, Scopus, and Iranian databases were investigated without time limitation for eligible English and Persian studies.

The impact of social capital on clinical risk management in nursing: a survey in Iranian public educational hospitals.

Aim: This study aimed to explore the social capital impact on clinical risk management from nurses' viewpoints.

Design: This was a cross-sectional and analytical study conduct in six public educational hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).

Method: Questionnaires were used as the data collection tool.

Health system organizational reform in governing Iranian public hospitals: A content analysis to comprehend the barriers in Board of Trustees' hospitals.

Background: Since the early 1990s, Iran has initiated structural and decentralization reforms in the hospital system. This policy led to the formation of a Board of Trustees (BOTs) for the governing of public educational hospitals and making important modifications in hospitals' financing. This study was conducted to identify the barriers in implementing this policy.

At first glance, informal payments experience on track: why accept or refuse? Patients' perceive in cardiac surgery department of public hospitals, northeast of Iran 2013.

Background: Patient's Informal payments is among the main source of health care financing in some countries. This paper aimed at determining the patient informal payments and relative factors in Cardiac Surgery Departments (CSD) in hospitals affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) in 2013.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 316 discharged patients were selected using multi-stage sampling.

Risk Assessment of Drug Management Process in Women Surgery Department of Qaem Educational Hospital (QEH) Using HFMEA Method (2013).

Evaluation and improvement of drug management process are essential for patient safety. The present study was performed whit the aim of assessing risk of drug management process in Women Surgery Department of QEH using HFMEA method in 2013. A mixed method was used to analyze failure modes and their effects with HFMEA.

The quality assessment of family physician service in rural regions, Northeast of Iran in 2012.

Background: Following the implementation of family physician plan in rural areas, the quantity of provided services has been increased, but what leads on the next topic is the improvement in expected quality of service, as well. The present study aims at determining the gap between patients' expectation and perception from the quality of services provided by family physicians during the spring and summer of 2012.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which 480 patients who referred to family physician centers were selected with clustering and simple randomized method.

Customers' complaints and its determinants: the case of a training educational hospital in iran.

Background: Today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients' dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. The present study aimed at making a survey on the patients' complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS).

Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on written and verbal complaints of patients and their relatives in a tertiary (specialty and sub-specialty) training hospital.

Health system responsiveness: a case study of general hospitals in iran.

Background: Considering patients' needs and expectations in the process of healthcare delivery improves the quality of services. This study aimed to investigate the responsiveness of general public and private hospitals in Mashhad, Iran.

Methods: In this cross-sectional and explanatory study, hospitalized patients (with at least 2 days of stay) in general private and public hospitals in Mashhad were investigated.