the study of decentralization in fiji shows that increasing capacities is not necessarily related to increasing decision space of local officials, which is in contrast with earlier studies in pakistan. future studies should address the relationship among decision space, capacities, and health system performance.

introduction: health tourism refers to travel for the use of services that improve or promote the physical or psychological health of an individual in a location apart from their place of residence lasting over 24 hours. health tourism provides a sizeable share of revenues derived from the health sector in some countries. the high potential for health tourism in iran, especially in the city of ...

the purpose of this research was to evaluate health workers knowledge about mental disorders and their performance in delivering mental health services as well as examining their attitude towards mental disorders. the study was part of a general and country wide evaluation of the integration of mental health in the phc. in this study, the knowledge, attitude, and performance of 266 health worke...

background : the aim of this study was to investigate the association between the two most commonly used generic and disease specific health-related quality of life (hrqol) measures in patients with chronic lung disease due to sm: medical outcomes study short form 36-item (sf-36) and st george's respiratory questionnaire (sgrq). methods : this is a secondary analysis of iranian chemical warfare...