Introducing Economic Evaluation as a Decision Support Tool in Health Care: A Case Review of IR Iran

Abstract

Context: Constipation as a common morbidity among people is related to many disorders. Iranian-Islamic traditional medicine (IITM) is an ancient comprehensive medicine school that has a holistic attitude toward human health and disease. Constipation is considered by scholar IITM as the origin of many human disorders. This study aimed to describe viewpoints of IITM scholars toward constipation and its management. Evidence Acquisition: The main ancient resources in IITM were reviewed and a structural description was created about constipation and its management. Results: According to IITM, constipation is defined as defecation less than one time daily with firm and dry consistency. It is considered in IITM as a sign of maltempered body that if prolonged, could lead to the accumulation of harmful homors and its associated diseases like cancer. Some general recommendations of IITM help us to prevent and treat constipation; such as chewing food well, avoid of dry cold fiberless diet, regular aerobic exercise, and correction of body temperament. Moreover, diet therapy with high fiber fruits and vegetables, manipulative therapy such as abdominal massage with warm oils, and medication with herbal laxative or purgative drugs are specific therapeutic methods for constipation recommended by IITM scholars. Conclusions: It seems the holistic attitude of IITM toward constipation and comprehensiveness of its recommendations could be considered in health-related interventions and could ensure community health promotion.

Cost effectivenessof nursing handover: an action research

“…34 However, in Iran, decisions regarding medical technology, drug pricing and reimbursement rules are performed without considering of the economic evaluation and it seems that more decisions are based on expert opinion and past experience and Policy makers and researchers have little familiarity with the methodology of economic evaluation. 35 So based on the result of our study it is recommended that challenges of nursing handover addresses through an action research study in which the identified problems addressed by including those who are part of the process in order to act on their own behalf to solve real world problems. 19 A major strength of the current study is that this is the first study that examined the cost-effectiveness of improving nursing handover in Iran and other countries.…”

An Evaluation of Health Centers and Hospital Efficiency in Kampala Capital City Authority Uganda; Using Pabon Lasso Technique

“…To date, many methodologies, methods, illustrations and models have been offered to assess the performance of health centers better and gauge their productivity, financing, distribution and utilization of scarce resources as means to control their inefficiencies (19,20). This significant and helpful model for assessment of health center accomplishments is Pabon Lasso Model.…”