A systematic literature review on pharmaceutical companies may be a tool for guiding some procedures of R&D implementation in a department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. The use of pharmaceutical companies for this specific analysis arises from less variability of standards than healthcare facilities. In this qualitative and quantitative analysis, we focused on three useful areas of impl...

here is a health policy riddle: despite the fact that we are not always clear as to what we are trying to achieve, even on the most basic level, we must make policy anyway. odder still: this is as we might expect it to be, and perhaps even as it should be. after all, part of what makes health policy important is precisely the fact that it raises critical questions about our most basic human val...

social determinants, similar to equity, have been considered by policymakers in many countries. however, there is not a correct and complete understanding of them. this study aimed to analyze the systematic relationships among social determinants of health (sdh) and identify their prioritization in iran.this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2012. the target populati...

Abstract Background As low- and middle-income countries progress toward Universal Health Coverage, there is an increasing focus on measuring out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure health services utilization within countries. While have been several reforms to improve coverage financial protection in Pakistan, limited empirical research comparing OOP between public private facilities exploring their d...