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Contribution Rate of Authors in Producing Scientific Papers in Journal of Health Information Management during 2004-2011

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2013
Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the contribution rate among authors who published articles in Journal of Health Information Management during 2004-2011.
Rahman Marefat, Hamid Keshavarz, Hasan Ashrafi Rizi, Somayeh Sirosi   +3 more
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A data-driven epidemiological prediction method for dengue outbreaks using local and remote sensing data

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2012
Background Dengue is the most common arboviral disease of humans, with more than one third of the world’s population at risk. Accurate prediction of dengue outbreaks may lead to public health interventions that mitigate the effect of the disease ...
Buczak Anna L, Koshute Phillip T, Babin Steven M, Feighner Brian H, Lewis Sheryl H   +4 more
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Factors Effective on Technical Efficiency and Ranking of Efficient Units in Social Security Hospitals

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2013
Introduction: Iran's social security organization provides hospital services through direct treatment system (hospitals owned by the organization) and indirect treatment system (purchasing of hospital services and other health care services from other ...
Hamid Sepehrdoust, Elham Rajabi
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Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure Revised II (PRISM-RII) – a novel method to assess perceived burden of illness in diabetes patients

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2008
Background The Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) has been introduced as a visual measure of suffering. We explored the validity of a revised version, the PRISM-RII, in diabetes patients as part of the annual review.
Zandbelt Noortje, de Wit Maartje, Vingerhoets Ad JJM, Klis Sandor, Snoek Frank J   +4 more
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Potentials of Medical Tourism in the Field of Dentistry from View Point of Dentists in Isfahan, Iran

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2013
Introduction: In recent years, dental tourism had a growing trend. As a branch of medical tourism, in dental tourisms people travel abroad to receive dental services which are with a higher cost in their country. This study aimed to identify potential of
Alireza Jabbari, Farzaneh Mahmoudi Meymand, Fatemeh Nezamdoust, Zahra Agharahimi, Leila Shojaei   +4 more
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Spatially explicit multi-criteria decision analysis for managing vector-borne diseases

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2011
The complex epidemiology of vector-borne diseases creates significant challenges in the design and delivery of prevention and control strategies, especially in light of rapid social and environmental changes.
Hongoh Valerie, Hoen Anne, Aenishaenslin Cécile, Waaub Jean-Philippe, Bélanger Denise, Michel Pascal   +5 more
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Assessment of Preparedness and Response of Teaching Hospitals of Isfahan, Iran, to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Incidents

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2016
Introduction: Hospitals are often considered to be the forefront of countering incidents, some of which result from a wide range of incidents including industrial accidents, natural outbreaks of disease, and regional accidents called chemical, biological,
Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian, Mehdi Nasr-Isfahani, Elham Anbari   +2 more
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Mapping of the EQ-5D index from clinical outcome measures and demographic variables in patients with coronary heart disease

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2010
Background The EuroQoL 5D (EQ-5D) is a questionnaire that provides a measure of utility for cost-effectiveness analysis. The EQ-5D has been widely used in many patient groups, including those with coronary heart disease. Studies often require patients to
Dyer Matthew T, Goldsmith Kimberley A, Buxton Martin J, Sharples Linda D   +3 more
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Changes in health-related quality of life of Chinese populations measured by the EQ-5D-3 L: a comparison of the 2008 and 2013 National Health Services Surveys

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2019
Backgrounds The EuroQol Group Five-Dimensional (EQ-5D) instruments have been validated in China for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and are increasingly being used in health economic studies.
Qiang Yao, Chaojie Liu, Yaoguang Zhang, Ling Xu   +3 more
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Estimation of hospital emergency room data using otc pharmaceutical sales and least mean square filters

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2004
Background Surveillance of Over-the-Counter pharmaceutical (OTC) sales as a potential early indicator of developing public health conditions, in particular in cases of interest to Bioterrorism, has been suggested in the literature.
Magruder SF, Najmi AH
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