Editor’s Welcome
Journal Title: Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The increasing adoption of policies, management, and economics’ knowledge in the health system has necessitated the need to provide related studies’ results to researchers and enthusiasts of this realm. In this regard, international journals play a major and key role in the process of recording, publishing, and promoting level of such researches. They also are required to pave the way for development of the relationship between researchers of policy making, management, and health economics. With God’s grace and efforts of my colleagues in Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics has started publishing from March 2017. This journal’s aim is to publish the latest research achievements in the field of evidence-based policy making, management, and health economics. Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, and open access journal published by Health Policy Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. JEBHPME is intended to enhance communication among health system researchers, policy and decision makers, legislators, practitioners, educators, healthcare managers, administrators, students, and other allied health professionals in the research and healthcare delivery systems. The Journal publishes papers in all fields of Health Management, Health Policy, Health technology assessment, public health, comparative studies in the field of health, business communication in health care, and health Economic. Hereby, we invite all professors, researchers, students, and enthusiasts of policy making, management, and health economics to help us in achieving our target by sending their valuable manuscripts. We welcome constructive suggestions to improve the overall quality of the JEBHPME. Looking forward to see your comments and manuscripts.
Role of Think Tanks and Policy Analysis Institutes in Policy Making Process
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Socioeconomic Inequality in Health Care Utilization: A Study of Service Utilization in Yazd, Iran
Background: Determining the inequality in health and the gap level among various socio-economic groups and factors affecting it were always concerns of most politicians and social scientists. This study investigated ineq...
Absolute Cost of Hernia Operation using Activity Based Costing (ABC)
Background: Activity-based cost evaluation is used as a tool for accurate assessment and calculation of the cost of any operation .The goal of this study was to estimate the absolute cost of an operation on hernia in Sha...
Correlation between Organizational Learning and Accreditation of Educational Care Centers: A Case Study in Ardabil
Background: Considering the importance of organizational learning and its impact on health accreditation, the present study investigates the level of learning and its relationship with accreditation and its promotion str...
The Relationship between the Distribution of General Practitioners and the Mortality Rate of Children Based on the Gini Coefficient and Lorenz Curve
Background: Equity is one of the most important issues in the distribution of resources and access to health services. Although it is very challenging to address health equity issues, it deeply affects policy making, res...