introduction: the family physician program is one of the most important plans for increasing the equitable access and affordable health services. this study aimed to examine the performance of urban family physicians and associated factors in the third year of its implementation. method: a cross-sectional study was conducted on all family physicians (31 persons) working in the private and publi...

introduction: family physician plan in iran was conducted to establish service referral system. its urban step began in 2012 and it was supposed that the effectiveness is enhanced and the costs are reduced. the implementation of this program has faced some challenges, especially in human resources management. the aim of this study was to optimally allocate human resources for urban family physi...

background: family physician plan is known as one of the most appropriate strategies to implement rural health insurance program in the form of referral system in iran. this study aims to determine the satisfaction of family physicians and service consumers and its causes of dissatisfaction in the south of iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in kerman health ne...

background: this study provided the theoretical basis for program development through a new conceptualization of the concept of family physician related health care. methods: critical interpretive synthesis (cis) was used to carry out qualitative analysis and synthesis of the literature from 2006 until 2015. at the beginning of cis, the search strategy was designed to access electronic database...

objective: the family physician program is one of the basic programs of the fourth plan on economic, social and cultural development in the health sector. this program more than five years old, is currently deployed in all villages and urban areas with populations less than 20,000 people in iran. this study was conducted with the aim of measuring user's satisfaction with family physician progra...

BACKGROUND Family physicians play an essential role and act as a communicational bridge between people and the healthcare system in providing healthcare services efficiently and equitably. This study aimed at exploring the challenges of the family physician program in urban areas in Iran in 2015. METHODS This research had a descriptive exploratory design with a qualitative content analysis ap...

background: the family physician plan has recently been implemented in three provinces of iran on a pilot basis and is going to be implemented throughout iran in the future. through a qualitative design, this study aims to determine probable implementation challenges of family physician plan in kerman. methods: this study was conducted in kerman in 2013. data were collected through interviews w...

background: the family physician program has been carried out to provide easy and appropriate access to health services in towns with populations under 20,000 people. the purpose of the present study was to determine the knowledge, attitude, and satisfaction toward the family physician program in rural regions of isfahan, iran. methods: in this descriptive, analytical study, 1200 people from th...