Health services utilisation and responsiveness profiles in Iran: a provincial household study

Family Medicine and Community Health
Mostafa FarahbakhshAkram Zakery

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe health services utilisation and responsiveness in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. A cross-sectional household study as part of a larger research on primary healthcare system. We carried out the study in East Azerbaijan Province, northwest Iran from July to September 2015. A total of 1318 households were included. Most of the participating households had social security health insurance. Heart failure or hypertension care, general outpatient care and arthritis care were the most used services. High services cost and inadequate medicine and medical equipment were introduced to be the main barriers to health services utilisation in Tabriz and province representative sample (PRS), respectively. Health system responsiveness mean score (the maximum is 100) was 33.71±16.15 (95% CI 32.45 to 34.97) in Tabriz and 32.02±14.3 (95% CI 30.9 to 33.13) in PRS, which showed significant difference (p≤0.02). Differences in the utilisation and responsiveness of health services and distribution of health resources were observed between Tabriz and PRS. Evidently, health system responsiveness in both Tabriz and PRS was at low level. The results demonstrate the need for changing resource distribution policies and ...Continue Reading

References

Jul 10, 2003·Health Policy·J H A Van der HeydenH Van Oyen
Aug 18, 2004·Public Health·M Asadi-LariD Gray
Jan 1, 2005·Social Science & Medicine·Stephen MorrisHugh Gravelle
Aug 12, 2005·The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association·R Turner GoinsTatiana Solovieva
Jun 20, 2006·BMC Public Health·Aurea Redondo-SendinoFernando Rodríguez-Artalejo
Nov 4, 2006·BMC Health Services Research·Evelina Pappa, Dimitris Niakas
Jul 31, 2007·Population Health Metrics·Ardeshir KhosraviAlan D Lopez
Apr 17, 2008·Value in Health : the Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research·Seong-Hi Park, Sang-Moo Lee
Aug 17, 2010·Lancet·Keivan Shalileh, Abolfazl Mahdanian
Feb 10, 2011·Health Policy and Planning·Hossein IbrahimipourReza Dehnavieh
Feb 19, 2011·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Abhishek Kumar, Sanjay K Mohanty
Apr 28, 2011·International Journal for Equity in Health·Eleni LahanaDimitris Niakas
Jan 27, 2012·Health Policy and Planning·Zahra KavosiMohammad Arab
Dec 19, 2013·Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal·Jafar HassanzadehAbdolreza Rajaeefard
Jun 3, 2014·International Journal for Equity in Health·Hossein ZareGisselle Gallego
Jan 31, 2017·Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal = La Revue De Santé De La Méditerranée Orientale = Al-Majallah Al-ṣiḥḥīyah Li-sharq Al-mutawassiṭ·J S TabriziR Alibabayee
Feb 6, 2017·The International Journal of Health Planning and Management·Mahmood Nekoei MoghadamSahar Parva

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Nov 3, 2020·Patient Related Outcome Measures·Elahe SepehrianFatemeh Rajati

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Software Mentioned

Stata

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal = La Revue De Santé De La Méditerranée Orientale = Al-Majallah Al-ṣiḥḥīyah Li-sharq Al-mutawassiṭ
Jafar Sadegh TabriziR Alibabayee
The New Zealand Medical Journal
R J Flight
South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde
M S Westaway, L Wolmarans
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved