Payam Peimani

Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Traffic accidents in Iran, a decade of progress but still challenges ahead

Iran has had incremental incidence of traffic accident mortality since introduction of mechanization about a century ago. But the newest data from Iran show decrease in the absolute number of deaths, death per 10,000 vehicles and death per 100, 000 populations. Despite its huge impact on health and economy, research in the field of traffic crashes is still scant and there are still deficienci...

[ 2 ] - Health in the Islamic Republic of Iran, challenges and progresses

Précis:This debate article highlights some charac-teristics, progresses and challenges of the Iranian health system. Integration of medical education and health service provision, con-trol of some important communicable and non-communicable disease, some health ini-tiatives and health financing system have been discussed from the viewpoint of ex-managers of the system.

[ 3 ] - Country Pharmaceutical Situation on Access, Quality, and Rational Use of Medicines: An Evidence from a middle-income country

Introduction: Evaluation of pharmaceutical systems performance is an essential prerequisite for promoting evidence-based policy-making, improvement in health system performance. This study attempts to evaluate the performance of Iran pharmaceutical system based on the world health organization (WHO)'s indicators, including access, quality, and rational use of medicines. Methods: In this c...