Volume 5, Issue 1 (5-2017)                   Jorjani Biomed J 2017, 5(1): 76-66 | Back to browse issues page

XML Persian Abstract Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Zarei E, Rezapoor A, Marzban S, Tabarsi P, Bay V. A survey on resource and service utilization pattern for patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Azadshahr district; 2013-2015. Jorjani Biomed J 2017; 5 (1) :76-66
URL: http://goums.ac.ir/jorjanijournal/article-1-533-en.html
1- Assistant professor in management of health services, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Assistant professor in Department of Health Economics, Faculty of Management and Medical Information, Management Sciences and Health Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Assistant professor in management of health services, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4- 4. M.Sc. student in management of health services, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , aramiyan3@yahoo.com
Abstract:   (6548 Views)
Background & Objective: Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis requires high utilization of resources and costs and assessing the utilization of health care resources is always important for budgeting and long-term planning in a highly dynamic health care system. This study aimed to investigate the resources and service utilization pattern of patients with smear positive tuberculosis in the Azadshahr district, Golestan province.
Methods: In this retrospective and cross-sectional study, all new patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis who were registered and successfully completed their treatment at the health network of Azadshahr County, from April 2013 to October 2015, were entered to the study (45 patients). Data were collected from the patients’ records at the health care facilities, telephone interviews with patients and registry book of patients in the tuberculosis unite of health network.
Results: The average duration of treatment and DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course) implementation was 195 and 158 days per patient, respectively.  The average drug consumption was 741 pills and the average number of X-ray and laboratory tests (smear test) was 1.7 and 4.4 per patient, respectively. Each patient had been visited on average 8.8 times by physician and 27% of patients were hospitalized, their average length of stay was 1.8 days.
Conclusion: Our findings showed that the utilization pattern of resources and services in patients with tuberculosis was approximately consistent with protocols developed by World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health of Iran often.
Full-Text [PDF 754 kb]   (1991 Downloads)    
Type of Article: Original article | Subject: General medicine
Received: 2017/09/27 | Accepted: 2017/09/27 | Published: 2017/09/27

Add your comments about this article : Your username or Email:
CAPTCHA

Send email to the article author


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2024 CC BY-NC 4.0 | Jorjani Biomedicine Journal

Designed & Developed by : Yektaweb