Milad Shafii; Roholah Asqari; Mohammad Kazem Rahimi; Mohammad Ranjbar; Farzan Madadizadeh; Fatemeh Jafarian
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Introduction: Today, the medical tourism market has been raised as one of the revenue industries in the world. In the tourism industry, factors have a direct and important impact on boom and expansion that causes some countries to become a medical tourism pole. This study aimed at prioritizing factors ...
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Introduction: Today, the medical tourism market has been raised as one of the revenue industries in the world. In the tourism industry, factors have a direct and important impact on boom and expansion that causes some countries to become a medical tourism pole. This study aimed at prioritizing factors related to the absorption of medical tourists in Yazd City, Iran.Methods: In the first step, using the keywords such as "medical tourism, effective factors and absorption factors", Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran, Medlib, Civilica, and Irandoc were reviewed, and related factors with the absorption of tourists were extracted; and in the second stage, using the hierarchical analysis model, by the research community consisting medical tourists and experts in this area, these factors were prioritized.Results: Factors were identified in the two themes, seven subthemes, and 27 items; among them, the subtheme of the quality of health services, and item of the quality of the treatment staff had the most importance and priority from the viewpoint of medical tourists and experts in this area.Conclusion: One of the ways to increase tourists attracting and influencing tourists to choose Iran as a destination country, is to increase the quality of services, especially medical services, along with reducing costs, and making them competitive.
Milad Shafii; Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi; Rouhollah Askari; Mohsen Pakdaman; Sajjad Bahariniya
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Introduction: Considering that human capital is the most important part of health care, planning for distributing human resources in the health sector should be considered as an integral part. The aim of this study was to evaluate the required maternal force in selected hospitals in Yazd City, Iran, ...
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Introduction: Considering that human capital is the most important part of health care, planning for distributing human resources in the health sector should be considered as an integral part. The aim of this study was to evaluate the required maternal force in selected hospitals in Yazd City, Iran, according to the standards of Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education in year 2017. Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional stud, the maternal strength of the Shahid Sadoughi and Shahid Rahnemoon hospitals were estimated according to the standards of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education in year 2017. Researcher-made checklists were used to assess general specifications and performance indicators of the hospital, the status of administrative, financial, supportive, and paraclinical sections of the hospitals. After collecting data, information was analyzed through simple tables.Results: Out of 37 departments in Shahid Sadoughi and Shahid Rahnemoon hospitals, 28 (75%) had shortage and 9 (25%) had excess of personnel.Conclusion: The distribution of power was not in good condition. In order to improve the quality of hospital services, having the right information about the number of required human resources is an essential step for managers to make the necessary plans for fair distribution based on human resource requirements, and delivering the sectors to the standard level. The results of the study can be used by authorities, hospital managers, and policymakers of the health sector.
Roohollah Askari; Seyed Mohammad Arab; Fatemeh Afzali; Fatemeh Sepaseh
Volume 12, Issue 5 , October 2015, , Pages 557-566
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Introduction: Discharge of patients with personal satisfaction is one of the problems in treatment systems all over the world, which causes the recession and ultimately leads to jobs and poor financial health centers. This study, presents ranking of causes of discharge of patients with personal satisfaction ...
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Introduction: Discharge of patients with personal satisfaction is one of the problems in treatment systems all over the world, which causes the recession and ultimately leads to jobs and poor financial health centers. This study, presents ranking of causes of discharge of patients with personal satisfaction in treatment centers in the city of Yazd.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional, descriptive analysis. The sample size is equal to 174 of 9896 patients, who have been discharged from hospitals with personal satisfaction. We also asked six expert's opinion. The method of Sampling from patients is stratified randomization and from experts is census. In order to data analyzing of patients, we have used the SPSS16 software and Chi-square Test, and for data analyzing of experts we have used Microsoft Excel 2010 and Fuzzy AHP Technique.Results: The most important causes of discharge patients in order of preference are as follows; financial difficulties and the cost of treating patients (36/2%), Sense of recovery (27/8%), Tired of hospital environment and Prolongation of treatment duration (18/4%), and from expert’s view, the most important cause is: those causes related to the crews and hospital staff.Conclusion: According to studies carried out in Iran, the rate of discharge is high compared to other countries mostly due to causes related to the patient. The clinical social workers, patient awareness of potential complications and make good and pleasant atmosphere for patient, in order to increase the level of personal satisfaction, should be considered as priorities. Administrators can also use the Fuzzy AHP technique to prioritize causes and then give the priority plan.
