Determination of Cost Drivers through Activity Based Costing Method in Determination of Hospital Services Costs  Meshkani Zahra1, Reza Pour Aziz2, Alipour Vahid3, Farabi Hero1*, Mazdaki Alireza4, Hakimi Narges5 1. Ph.D. Student in Health Economics, Health Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Associate Professor, Health Management an...

Comparing the Results of two Cost Sharing Approaches in Calculating the Cost of Hospital Services: a case study   Alipour Vahid1, Rezapour Aziz2, Meshkani Zahra3, Farabi Hiro3*, Mazdaki Alireza4, Hakimi Narges5   1. Assistant Professor, Department of Health Economics, Health Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Associate Professo...

Inequality in Distribution of Human Resource in Health Sector: Case Study of Dentists in Fars Province   Moalemi Somayeh1, Meshkani Zahra2, Moosavi Nejad Seyed Masood3, ValipourYekani Neda4* 1. MSc of Health Economics, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2.  Ph.D. Student in Health Economics, Health Management and Economics Res...

  Educational Costs of Residents in a Teaching Hospital: a case study   Aleboyeh Mahmoud Reza1, Reza pour Aziz2, Meshkani Zahra3*, Alipour Vahid4,  Soleimani movahed Maryam4   1. Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Associate Professor, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University o...

Background and Objective: Most of employees in the developing countries are exposed to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) due to performing repetitive manual activities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders by HAL-TLV, SI and OCRA methods and comparison with others. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive study conducted on 147 workers...

  R Gharaagaji Asl [1] , Ph.D S Fagihzadeh [2] , Ph.D M R Meshkani [3] , Ph.D A Kazemnejad [4] , Ph.DGR Babayi [5] , Ph.D R Rohipor [6] , M.D MF Mosavi [7] , M.D    Received: 24 Oct, 2007 Accepted: 30 Jan, 2008 Abstract  Background &Aims : Diabetes is one of the chronic and non-communicable diseases with increasing prevalence. Retinopathy mostly appears in diabetic type I. Diabetic retinopathy ...

Introduction: Several parameters including induced inflammation by immune system, overgrowth of adipose tissue, and hypertrophied adipocytes lead to dyslipidemia, imbalanced proinflammatory, and antiinflammatory adipokines secretion. According to the adipokines expression in various pathological conditions like obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and inflammatory diseases, adipokines as biomarke...

Background and Objective: Gestational diabetes and hypothyroidism in pregnancy are the most common endocrine disorders which are considered as insulin resistant conditions. Maternal thyroid hormones play an important role in embryogenesis, fetal maturity, and child’s IQ level. It seems that subclinical hypothyroidism in women with gestational diabetes has a higher prevalence. Since thyroid func...