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Estimating The Cost Of Healthcare Services Delivered To Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients In Qom Province
Abedin Saghafipour , Ahmad Rahbar , Hadi Hamidi Parsa , Sayed Mohammad Hoseini ,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (9-2013)
Abstract

Background and Aim: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is prevalent in most tropical and subtropical countries of the world and leads to adverse economic consequences. This study was performed to estimate the cost of healthcare services delivered to CL patients in Qom Province.

Materials and Methods: Based on the data from 638 CL patients, this cross-sectional study was performed in Qom during 2009-2011. First, using researcher-made forms and based on the accounting documents, the direct and overhead costs of health services in the studied areas were calculated. Then, the out-of-pocket costs per patient were obtained. Finally, the gathered data were calculated using the excel software.

Results: In total, more than 1,600 million rials was spent on providing health services to 638 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in endemic foci of Qom. The direct healthcare cost was estimated to be about a thousand million and the overhead cost about 600 million rials. Besides, the state cost per patient was estimated to be over 2,520 thousand and the out-of-pocket cost per patient about 240 thousand rials. Moreover, the average total cost per patient was calculated to be 2,760,772 in the studied period.

Conclusion : Based on results, considerable costs are spent for CL diagnosis and treatment in Qom. Therefore, health planners should give priority to the prevention of this disease in their programs.


A Study to Investigate the Reasons for Unwillingness to Use Health Care Services Presented to Age Group Under 9 Years from Perspective of Health Workers in Qom Province
Akbar Abedi , Abedin Saghafipour , Ameneh Sayed Farajolah , Mohammad Salimi, Majid Hajmoradi , Hamidreza Ardalan ,
Volume 10, Issue 3 (7-2016)
Abstract

Background & Aim: Because of extension of health services and comprehensive receivers, the need for health services management is inevitable. Despite the availability of health care services, people do not embrace the full range of these services. This study was conducted to determine the reasons for unwillingness to use health care services presented to age group under 9 years from perspective of health workers in Qom province, during 2013.

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done to evaluate the perspective of health personals about services that presented to population with age group less than 9 years. This study was done with a questionnaire as a matrix evaluation of health services. Data were analyzed by Spss 15 Software. Chi square test were used for the evaluation of the hypothesis.

Results: The main reasons for the lack of interest to receive the health care services from perspective of health workers were: lack of health knowledge in recipients of services, inadequate information, poor methods of health care delivery, quality of health care and unsuitable access to health care.

Conclusion: To encourage people to get the health care services provided at health centers in Qom province should hold training meetings, to enhance the knowledge of health care recipients. About presentation of services and methods of service delivery in health centers, we should give enough knowledge to people. Also we should try to promote the level of services, while people motivate to get the services.


A Study on the Ontologies Developed Based on the Principles of Open Biomedical Ontologies Foundry
Nader Alishan Karami, Mohsen Hajizeinalabedini, Iraj Radad, Seyed Javad Ghazi Mirsaeed,
Volume 12, Issue 5 (Dec & Jan 2019)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Ontologies facilitate data integration, exchange, searching and querying. Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) Foundry is a solution for creating reference ontologies. In this foundry, the design of ontologies is based on established principles which allow for their interactions as a single system. The purpose of this study is to determine the main features of ontologies developed based on foundry principles.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study (2017) retrieved data about the ontology components, subject, language and tool from the OBO foundry website, and OntoBee (the default linked data server for the foundry ontologies). The frequency of classes, instances, Object Properties, DataType Properties and Annotation Properties are classified by the use of descriptive statistics.
Results: The main subjects of 151 ontologies were Anatomy, Health and Phenotype. Most languages and tools were, respectively, OBO and OBO-edit versions used for the development of ontologies. Five percent of ontologies contained more than 78977 classes, 150 object relations, 39 DataType relations, 110 annotation relations, and 356 instances.
Conclusion: Increasing the number of ontologies developed based on OBO foundry principles as well as using OBO language and OBO-Edit is indicative of the fact that ontology developers have accepted the principles and tools. 

Identify and Prioritize the Critical Success Factors in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and Distribution Using the DEMETEL Technique
Ali Abedini, Hamid Reza Irani, Hamid Reza Yazdani,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (Apr & May 2019)
Abstract
Background and Aim: In our country because of the security of production and distribution of medicine, Pharmaceutical producers and distributors are known for profitability. The weaknesses in this industry include low productivity in the raw material supply, inefficiency in Pharmaceutical distribution and increasing corporate finance costs. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize the critical success factors in SCM and distribution of the pharmaceutical industry in the country to provide effective decision making in this field.
Materials and Methods: The research consists of two phases of library and surveying. In the first phase, by searching in scientific databases, CSFs in the supply chain and distribution were identified and were categorized in 25 dimensions. Based on the Pareto principle 9 dimensions out of 25 divided dimensions became the pairwise comparison in DEMATEL method to determine the impact and effectiveness. The statistical Society of this research is pharmaceutical producers and distributors in 2018. We have used 13 experts in marketing, SCM, and distribution of pharmaceuticals companies as samples. For data analysis, Excel and MATLAB software were used.
Results: Senior management commitments, use of information technology and government intervention were the first three influential factors and processes, service quality and trust were the first three effective factors. Also, the most challenging factor was the senior management commitment and the least interactive factor was government intervention.
Conclusion: Managers can not consider all the factors; they should invest in influential and challenging factors.

Marketing Channel Problems of Herbal Medicines from the Perspective of Pharmaceutical Distribution Companies
Ali Abedini Abedini , Hamidreza Irani, Hamidreza Yazdani,
Volume 13, Issue 6 (Feb & Mar 2020)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Due to the variety of herbal medicine products and brands, competition among herbal medicine manufacturing companies has become a scientific and tactical competition. Herbal medicine companies by identifying the problems of pharmaceutical distribution companies can evaluate them and find solutions to their problems and finally, they can maintain their competitive advantage in the market. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the marketing channel problems of herbal medicine from the perspective of pharmaceutical distribution companies.
Materials and Methods: In this research, with exploratory interviews, the marketing channel problems of herbal medicine were identified from the perspective of distributors and analyzed using content analysis method. The statistical population of this study was pharmaceutical distributor’s managers in Tehran provinces, among which 16 persons were selected through the judgmental and snowball sampling method.
Results: The results showed the marketing channel problems of herbal medicines were categorized in Product, Prices, Place, Promotion, Physical Evidence, Process and People.
Conclusion: The government and the laws, in addition to the marketing can affect the marketing channel problems of these drugs from the perspective of distributors.

Study the Status of Providing Health Information Services in Public Libraries in Tehran
Maryam Andalib Kondori, Ahmadreza Varnaseri, Maryam Ghanbari Khoshnood, Seyed Abedin Hoseini Ahangari, Mohammad Karim Saberi, Hamid Bourghi,
Volume 17, Issue 6 (2-2024)
Abstract
Background and Aim: This research aimed to study the status of providing health information services in public libraries in Tehran, which was conducted based on the views of librarians working in these libraries.
Materials and Methods: The research method was applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive in terms of data collection, which was conducted as a survey. The statistical population was 150 librarians of public libraries in Tehran. The tool for collecting information was a researcher-made questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS statistical software..
Results: The status of health information resources available in public libraries of Tehran is low and very low in most sources. The level of familiarity of librarians with health and public health issues is %20. The level of familiarity of librarians with selective dissemination of health information services is low and very low with %77.4. The participation rate of librarians in medical information workshops is faced with the non-participation of %70 of librarians. The familiarity of librarians with the services of selective distribution of health information is low and very low. %60 of librarians are not familiar with medical information systems. The percentage of familiarity of librarians with internal medical websites is %60-78 weak. The percentage of familiarity of librarians with foreign international websites in the field of health is average. Librarians consider the main reason for providing selective health information services to improve the level of health literacy in the society. Also, the main obstacle to providing health information dissemination services is the librarian not having enough time to provide services.
Conclusion: The country’s public libraries should consider measures to familiarize librarians with the field of health information and implement policies in this field. Considering the appropriate technical facilities of public libraries in Tehran, it is possible to create and access internal and external health systems and websites. and expanded the sources and documents of librarians’ health information.
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