background: the effect of health status on productivity has widely been studied and discussed in literature. valid and reliable tools are needed to evaluate the levels of health and productivity and provide detailed information, before any intervention is implemented. world health organization health and work performance questionnaire (hpq) is a widely used instrument in estimating the workplac...

Chronic conditions are increasingly the primary concern of health care systems throughout the world. In response to this challenge, the World Health Organization has joined with the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation to adapt the Chronic Care Model (CCM) from a global perspective. The resultant effort is the Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions (ICCC) framework which expands communit...

In the 1990's, primary care gatekeeping became a hallmark of managed care and a major model of health care delivery. Proponents claimed that gatekeeping--requiring that primary care providers preauthorize specialty visits--could control costs and improve coordination of care. However, much of this potential has remained unrealized, and managed care organizations are beginning to loosen these re...

background: infant mortality rate is reported 3.18 in 1000 births in iran. international organizations such as world health organization (who) and united nations children's fund (unicef) consider applicable standards essential for providing effective health services in hospitals and health centers. therefore, it is essential to create national care standards for neonatal intensive care units (n...

This expert meeting on implementation of health system transformation took place in Madrid, Spain, 17–18 December 2015 with the following specific aims: ʆ To identify lessons learnt in the implementation of health system reforms at policy level which could serve as an evidence base ʆ To provide advice to health system policy-makers on how to initiate reforms and/or how to accelerate or improve ...

this survey was carried out on children less than five years of age from rural areas of three provinces in iran (west azarbaijan, bushehre, and central province), with different health care delivery systems and various types of immunization scheme, to determine the immune status of measles and the vaccine coverage. our results indicate that the rates of measles immunity and vaccine coverage for...

PROBLEM CONSIDERED Most family physicians in Wisconsin are employed by large health care organizations. Because of its impact on physician recruitment, retention, commitment to the organization, and patient care, the quality of physician work life is an important problem. METHODS A survey was designed based on a literature review and augmented by focus group data. It was sent to all 1482 memb...

objective: to assess the availability of trauma care services in a district referral hospital of southern india. methods: this was a cross-sectional study being performed during 2013 in a tertiary healthcare centre in southern indian. a detailed assessment of trauma care services was done in a 400 bed speciality hospital which is an apex referral hospital in the public health system using a che...