Health system adaptions to improve care for people living with non-communicable diseases during COVID-19 in low-middle income countries: a sco** review

L Baatiema, OA Sanuade, LN Allen… - Journal of global …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to health care for people living with
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been significantly disrupted. Calls have been …

The effect of COVID-19 on public hospital revenues in Iran: An interrupted time-series analysis

M Behzadifar, A Aalipour, M Kehsvari, B Darvishi Teli… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The “Coronavirus Disease 2019”(COVID-19) pandemic has become a major
challenge for all healthcare systems worldwide, and besides generating a high toll of …

Defining and identifying the critical elements of operational readiness for public health emergency events: a rapid sco** review

R English, H Carlson, H Geduld, JCY Nyasulu… - BMJ Global …, 2024 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction COVID-19 showed that countries must strengthen their operational readiness
(OPR) capabilities to respond to an imminent pandemic threat rapidly and proactively. We …

Stress and burnout among Frontline nurses during COVID-19 pandemic in a Middle Eastern Country

E Mary Pappiya, I Mubarak Al Baalharith… - SAGE Open …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unanticipated shift in nursing
practice to meet the sudden increase in demand for pandemic-related care, leaving nurses …

The role of Iran's context for the development of health technology assessment: challenges and solutions

M Behzadifar, M Behzadifar, M Saran, S Shahabi… - Health Economics …, 2023 - Springer
Health technology assessment (HTA) is a comprehensive and structured evaluation that
aims to analyze the potential impacts of health technologies, including medical devices …

The impact of the social distancing policy on COVID-19 incidence cases and deaths in Iran from February 2020 to January 2021: insights from an interrupted time …

M Saki, MK Ghanbari, M Behzadifar… - The Yale journal of …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: In December 2019, a viral outbreak occurred in China, and rapidly spread out
worldwide. Due to the lack of immediately available vaccines and effective drugs, many …

Psychosocial status and risk perception among Iranian healthcare workers during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

M Khazaee-Pool, M Moradi, T Pashaei… - Human Resources for …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are essential resources, and their health
and wellbeing are key not only for offering constant and useful care facilities to clients, but …

The necessity revealed by COVID-19 pandemic: Paradigm shift of Iran's healthcare system

M Mohammadpour, S Delavari, Z Kavosi… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in drastic changes around the world,
revealing vulnerable aspects of healthcare systems. This study aimed to explore how Iranian …

Effect of COVID-19 on the number of CT-scans and MRI services of public hospitals in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis

M Heydarian, M Behzadifar, CV Chalitsios… - Ethiopian Journal of …, 2021 - ajol.info
BACKGROUND፡ In February 2020, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran
announced the first case of COVID-19. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of …

The whole-of-government, whole-of-society approach in tackling COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: Evidence for policymakers

H Haghighat, A Takian, A Raoofi, SM Mousavi - Health Scope, 2023 - eprints.ssu.ac.ir
Some countries have adopted the whole-of-government (WoG), whole-of-society (WoS)
approach to face the recent global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. By applying …