by having a comprehensive look at the existent hospitals and health care centers of the country, it can be understood that some basic principles were not considered in a large number of the mentioned health care centers. these neglected principles involve appropriate site selection and hospital accessibility. therefore, undesirable patient service occurs that consequently leads to change the ar...

Abstract The increasing agglomeration of people in dense urban areas coupled with the existence efficient modes transportation connecting such centers, make cities particularly vulnerable to spread epidemics. Here we develop a data-driven approach combines meta-population modeling capture interplay between population density, mobility and epidemic spreading. We study 163 cities, chosen from fou...

Background and objective: The location of facilities is of great importance in healthcare and is of interest to researchers due to its importance. In this regard, a large proportion of classic location-allocation models concentrate on solving problems in an exclusive environment (non-competitive), but this assumption is rarely true in reality. Methods: At...

introduction information and communication technology (ict) is now one of the criteria for measuring the economic and industrial development, in a way that it has had significant effects on different aspects of socio-cultural, economic and political life of people and human communities. in this study, the authors have tried to investigate the economic, social and physical effects of ict centers...

For several decades, US government agencies have partially supported regional networks of Hemophilia Treatment Centers (HTC). HTC multidisciplinary teams provide comprehensive and coordinated diagnosis, treatment, prevention, education, outreach and surveillance services to improve the health of people with genetic bleeding disorders. However, national data are scarce on HTC-patient population ...

Background and Aim of the Study. To investigate if mitral valve (MV) surgery quality differs by hospital volume in New Jersey (NJ). Methods. Using NJ State Inpatient Database, patients ≥18 years undergoing MV repair or replacement from 2016–2019 were identified. Centers considered high-volume they performed more than 50 operations annually. Baseline characteristics outcomes (in-hospital mortali...