background: the rapid rise in noncommunicable diseases (ncds) is one of the main health challenges affecting the global development in the present era. this raising challenge is a major threat to countries’ socioeconomic development as well as millions of people health. methods: it was a retrospective study with analysis of reported death in isfahan province during a 5‑year period from 2007 to ...

Introduction: There are little attention about health spending and public health outcomes especially in the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region. This  paper  presents  an  overview  on  health  spending  and  public health  outcomes  in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean countries during 1995-2011. Methods: This study conducted in 2013 use of health expenditure...

BACKGROUND Adolescents giving birth represents an important public health issue with social, economic, and health-related consequences. OBJECTIVE Compare birth rates and trends in birth rates among adolescents age 15-19 years in Wisconsin and the United States by race/ethnicity. METHODS Teen birth rates from 1998-2002, and trends in birth rates from 1995-2002 for Wisconsin and the United St...

background & objective: mortality data can be the starting point for many epidemiological surveys. this study was conducted to determine the mortality rates of kermanshah province in 1379.   materials and methods:   mortality rate of rural and urban areas were obtained from kermanshah health center and baghferdows cemetery's archives,  respectively. the data of other cities of the province were...

objective: in this study continuation rate and reasons for discontinuation of depot-medroxyprogestrone acetate (dmpa)and cyclofem have been compared. materials and methods: a retrospective cohort study was conducted with 422 women (202 cyclofemand 220 dmpa users)who had started using the methods 12-24 months before the study in east azerbaijan health houses. data were collected by reviewing the...

This paper applies concentration curves and indices, that have been previously used to analyze progressivity in health care finance and horizontal equity in health care delivery in developed countries, to a 1998-1999 household survey about health care expenditures and utilization carried out in four francophone West African capitals (Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry and Dakar). The paper also uses stat...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop a policy characterisation process based on measuring shifts in use of private health insurance (PHI) immediately following implementation of changes in federal health care policy. METHOD Population-based hospital morbidity data from 1980 to 2001 were used to produce trend lines in the annual proportions of public, privately insured and privately ...

BACKGROUND Motivation is an important driver for health professionals to maintain their professional competencies, continue in the workforce and make a positive contribution to their workplace. While there is some research about the motivation of health workers in low- to middle-income countries, maternal morbidity and mortality remains high and this can be lowered by improving the quality of m...