Publications by authors named "Parisa Bikineh"
Strategies for reducing out of pocket payments in the health system: a scoping review.
Cost Eff Resour Alloc
August 2021
Background: Direct out-of-pocket payments (OOP) are among the most important financing mechanisms in many health systems, especially in developing countries, adversely affecting equality and leading vulnerable groups to poverty. Therefore, this scoping review study was conducted to identify the strategies involving OOP reduction in health systems.
Methods: Articles published in English on strategies related to out-of-pocket payments were Searched and retrieved in the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and Embase databases between January 2000 and November 2020, following PRISMA guidelines.
Background: Medication adherence is an important concept particularly among the elderly that can, directly and indirectly, affect the health system's costs and the elderly's health, quality of life, and functional abilities. This study aimed to determine the model of medication adherence among the Iranian elderly using the grounded theory approach.
Methods: The concept of medication adherence and the determination of its process among the elderly is a multidisciplinary social issue that can be affected by many contextual factors.
Objective: Due to high rates of irrational use of medicines and low rates of medication adherence among older Iranian patients, this study aimed to explore the determinants of medication adherence in the elderly.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2019 via 20 semi-structured interviews with a purposeful sample of elderly people and health-care personnel. Transcript data were analyzed applying thematic analysis.