Background: Avoidable mortality (AM) is one of the most important health indicators (HI) and represents the quality of care in a hospital.Objective: This study measured the efficacy of a training program for a hospital healthcare staff to reduce AM.Methods: This epidemiological study on community intervention analyzed time-series da...

background: the need to provide high quality prenatal care services, which take account of women's views and specifi­cally address their need for information, support and communication, has been advocated and group prenatal care, had been sug­gested as one of the ways to achieve this objective. the purpose of this study was to examine the impact of group versus in­dividual prenatal care on sati...

purpose: to identify the profile of cataract surgery in an iranian population. methods: this population-based survey was conducted on adults aged ≥50 years and over in 2009 at varamin district. cataract surgical coverage (csc) was defined as the proportion of operable cataractous eyes (best-corrected visual acuity [bcva] < 6/18 due to cataracts) that had been operated. poor outcome was defined ...

précis: this debate article highlights some questions from critics of qualitative research. planning for proper design, philosophical background, researcher as a research instrument in the study, trustworthiness and application of findings are main debates in this field. one of the issues that have been received little attention is report of qualitative inquiry. a qualified report can answer th...

conclusions in spite of improvements in the national health indicator, different groups of people use health care services differently, but these inequities in hcu are related to social and individual factors. also, it is clear that health sector facilities and the accessibility to health services are not the only predictors. results 66.4% of those in need sought outpatient health care from whi...

implementation of patient feedback is considered as a critical part of effective and efficient management in developed countries. the main objectives of this study were to assess patient satisfaction with the services provided in hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences, iran, identify areas of patient dissatisfaction, and find ways to improve patient satisfaction with hosp...

conclusions hemodialysis patients need a consistent care plan to manage poor sleep quality. this research has proven the effectiveness of implementing ccm as an intervention for improving the sleep quality of hemodialysis patients. ccm provides a comprehensive model for caring for hemodialysis patients, and its executive stages are congruent with the many stages of the nursing process. practiti...

abstract background: client satisfaction is an important indicator for assessment of the quality of care provided. detecting patients dissatisfaction and trying to find the most effective and costly services is the basic way for improvement of service quality. the purpose of this study was to determine the satisfaction level of women in the maternity care centers (hospitals) of lorestan univers...