conclusions geographic accessibility of pharmacies at night and on holidays has to be addressed by provincial health policymakers. materials and methods the analysis was based on straight-line distance measurements. we considered 150, 300, 450, 600, and 750 m for pedestrians, and 1, 2, and 3 km for driving accessibility as the acceptable distances. we calculated the number and percentage of hou...

background : drug-drug interactions (ddis) are adverse reactions caused by a combination of drugs; they are often predictable and therefore avoidable or manageable. the objective of this study was to evaluate the nature, type and prevalence of potential ddis in prescriptions dispensed in university-based community pharmacies in tehran, iran. methods: from july 2012 to february 2014, sample of 1...

background & aim: nowadays, home health care services play significant roles in modern societies. such services allow the elderly and needy people to pass their treatment process at their own houses in a friendly environment. in this paper, weekly routing and scheduling problem of home health care personnel was investigated. methods & materials: insufficient number of expert personnel or overla...

background: community pharmacies are considered as ideal settings to provide cardiovascular risk screening (crs). however, little is known about pharmacists’ views on providing such services in developing countries including iran. in the present study, we evaluated the pharmacists’ attitudes and perceived barriers to providing crs services. methods: in a cross-sectional study, a questionnaire i...

Reference Guy, D. 2002. “Survey: A Public Preference for Home Care.” Healthcare Quarterly 6(2): 32-32 About the Author Cathy Hecimovich, BHSc. PT, MEd., CHE, has been an active employee in the health services field for over 20 years. Ms. Hecimovich is currently Senior Director of Client Services at the Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre (CCAC). Cathy Hecimovich Home Care’s Unique C...

objective: to describe a home care service developed in roozbeh hospital for patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and report baseline and 6-month follow-up data. method: roozbeh home care program consists of home visits by multidisciplinary home care teams, including general practitioners, nurses, and social workers who are supervised by psychiatrists. home visits are scheduled as b...

the situation of people with disabilities in the developing countries should be a matter of great concern. there are today close to 250 million severely and moderately disabled persons in these countries; the annual increase is 10 million. most of them are poor, dependent neglected, excluded from education, training and jobs; they die early and have no power while alive. between 15 and 20% of a...

OBJECTIVE To explore the purpose/s for which people with chronic conditions and their carers use Australian community pharmacies, and compare this to what pharmacy services they consider important, from the perspectives of both consumers and pharmacists. DESIGN An exploratory study involving a survey, which asked participants to indicate the pharmacy services they had ever used, and rate the ...