introduction: in order to fulfill the health and medical needs of rural people, iran's medical services insurance organization approved a plan to provide rural health insurance in 2005. the plan aimed to make an appropriate context for the activities of private health care service providers in the rural areas and to meet public expectations for access to specialized medical services. in this st...

there is an escalating demand for geriatric oral healthcare in all developed and developing countries including india. two-thirds of the world’s elderly live in developing countries. this is a huge population that must receive attention from policy-makers who will be challenged by the changing demands for social and health services including oral health services. resources are limited thus rath...

background people living with hiv (plhiv) are highly stigmatized and consequently hard-to-access by researchers and importantly, public health outreach in iran, possibly due to the existing socio-cultural situation in this country. the present study aimed to evaluate the sexual and reproductive health needs of plhiv in tehran, the capital of iran.   methods as a mixed-method descriptive study, ...

The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network conducted this study to determine the availability of and factors associated with infection-related health services in substance abuse treatment settings. In a cross-sectional descriptive design, state policies, reimbursement for providers, state level of priority, and treatment program characteristics were studied via written surveys of...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the relationship between the availability of mental health outpatient services provided by 40 publicly funded community service boards (CSBs) and the use of inpatient mental health treatment among Medicaid recipients. METHODS Three-year data were obtained for Medicaid recipients aged 18-64 from the Medicaid claims database for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Medica...

Adolescents account for almost one third of India's population. They are prone to suffer from reproductive and sexual health, nutritional, mental and behavioral problems. Health services which cater exclusively to the needs of adolescents are scanty and concentrated in urban areas. Adolescent Friendly Health Services (AFHS) which provide a broad range of preventive, promotive and curative servi...