Background: Despite the significant role" values" play in decision-making no definition or
attributes regarding the concept have been provided in health policy-making. This study …

Background: The main purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence healthcare
quality in the Iranian context. Methods: Exploratory in-depth individual and focus group …

Background: Recently there has been a significant increase in the number of systematic
reviews addressing questions of prevalence. Key features of a systematic review include the …

Background: The main purpose of this study was to explore the status of occupational stress
among hospital nurses in Isfahan, Iran. It also aimed to examine the relationship between …

Background: Recent health system shocks such as the Ebola outbreak of 2014–2016 and
the global financial crisis of 2008 have generated global health interest in the concept of …

In 2014, a series of reforms, called as the Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP), was
launched in the health system of Iran in a stepwise process. HSEP was mainly based on the …

The term resilience has dominated the discourse among health systems researchers since
2014 and the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. There is wide consensus that the …

The health effects of economic resources (eg, education, employment, and living place) and
psychological assets (eg, self-efficacy, perceived control over life, anger control, and …

Background: There is high reliance on out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments as a means of
financing health system in Nigeria. OOP health payments can make households face …

Background: Health literacy presents an enormous challenge in the delivery of effective
healthcare and quality outcomes. We evaluated the impact of low health literacy (LHL) on …