Healthy populations and access to health care services are significant factors influencing economic development and prosperity. Since geographic access is an essential feature of an overall health system, it is important for health service researchers to develop accurate measures of physical access to health. In this paper we develop a series of gravity-based health care accessibility measures ...

The thesis examines the factors that impact on access and utilisation of health services in Ghana. The utilisation behaviour of residents of a typical urban and a typical rural district are used as representing the entire Ghanaian experience. Literature has demonstrated the dichotomy in utilisation between rural and urban areas, with urban residents having advantage over rural. It also shows th...

background : in this research primary health care systems were reviewed and the nurses' roles were determined and then a model was designed for health networks in iran. methods: this was a triangulation research done in comparative method. in first step, phc systems reviewed in different countries such as uk, australia, canada, sweden and turkey selected in purposive sampling. in second step, t...

Accessibility is an important concept in organization studies; that is financing and giving services to health system. Also, availability is important in a political system and it is the main goal of health policy makers. The aim of present study is to review and evaluate the main theoretical frameworks which support accessibility and also measures availability standards in a health system. Thi...

background: nowadays, the concept of family planning has been detached from the population control and it is expressed as an essential element in women’s reproductive rights, empowering them and promoting their status in society. family planning services have an important role in fertility decisions using contraception methods in women. this study was carried out to explore the experience of wo...

BACKGROUND The current distribution of and access to health services along with the future health needs of the population have prompted wide application of Geographic Information Systems (GISs). During recent years, GIS has been used in public health management for planning and organization of healthcare services. This study investigates geographical accessibility of residential areas in Bandar...

health care is considered a universal human right greatly emphasized in social welfare development in most countries. in this regard, public health care with its pervasive effects on the general level of communities' health is a top priority drawing the attention of planners and decision-makers a like. unequal and inharmonious distribution of such services leads to unequal accessibility ca...