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Background One of the important goals in health policy is to ensure equity in health. Equity in health means absence of systematic and potentially remediable differences in one or more aspects of health in a […]
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Background To improve healthcare services’ quality, countries should measure their health systems’ efficiency and performance by robust methods. Objectives We aimed to develop a national study to measure the efficiency of the health system in […]
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Background Development of non-oil exports, including pharmaceutical products is one of the most important economic development strategies. This study aims to explain challenges of pharmaceutical export in Iran by using the sources and content of […]
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Abstract In line with the global trend, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been growing vulnerable to the direct and indirect health effects of climate change including death tolls due to climatological […]
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Objectives This study aimed to investigate the viewpoints of the main stakeholders of the Iranian healthcare system about the overutilization of hospital services and strategies to eliminate or reduce it in Iran. Methods This is […]
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Abstract Abstract Background The determinants and correlates of severe mental disorders are less understood compared to the common mental disorders, both in the world and in Iran. In this study, we aimed to identify a […]
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Historically, health security has been one of the most critical aspects of human needs. Several important periods of human life have been threatened by infectious diseases epidemics and pandemics, e.g., imposing quarantine against the plague […]
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Background The prevalence of childhood obesity (CO) and related complications is high and alarmingly increasing in Iran. This study applied a mixed Delphi & Policy Dialogue approach to exploring and prioritizing policy options to control […]
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Intersectoral collaboration, as a key component of interventions in addressing complex public health problems, can be structured, selective and designed to be considered constructive. Social network analysis is able to help examine and strengthen such […]
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This policy brief presents a collaborative structure for governing the national food assistance program for vulnerable groups, as a part of a comprehensive social support system. The authors call for attention to a number of […]
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