health care system is organized to achieve more efficiency as well as developing public equity and providing access to the first, second and third levels of services. family physician is in the first line of the health care system; in other words, family physician is the health system’s goalkeeper. according to classification of health services, gaining access to specialized services becomes po...

As health facilities vary in type, function, size and, most importantly, the context in which they operate, it is impractical to provide a set of universally applicable recommendations for the essential components of health facility pandemic preparedness plans. A tailored preparedness plan should be developed by consultative discussions involving all key players inside and outside the facility....

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trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world. injuries are responsible for about six million deaths annually, of which ninety percent occur in developing countries. in iran, injuries are the most common cause of death among age groups below fifty. trauma system development is a systematic and comprehensive approach to injury prevention and treatment whose effectiveness has...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the mechanisms employed by health plan operators for microregulation of clinical management and health care qualification within care-providing hospitals. METHODS A nation-wide cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe consisted of hospitals which provided care to health plan operators in 2006. A sample of 83 units was selected, stratified by Brazilian macroregi...