PERINATAL CARE REGIONALIZATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

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RASHIDIAN ARASH; YOUSEFI NOURAEI REZA; AZEMIKHAH A.; HEYDARZADEH MOHAMMAD; CHANGIZI N.; MAHTA BASIR F.; MOTLAGH M.E.

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Journal: HAKIM RESEARCH JOURNAL Year:2008 | Volume:11 | Issue:2 Page(s): 1-11

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PERINATAL CARE REGIONALIZATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

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REGIONALIZATIONQ3

MATERNAL AND CHILD CAREQ3

ECONOMIES OF SCALEQ3

ACCESSQ3

PERINATAL CAREQ3

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Introduction: During the past decade, neonatal mortality rate in Iran has not decreased satisfactorily. REGIONALIZATION of PERINATAL CARE services is a potential solution to improve the ACCESS of those in need to the best quality care within economic and administrative constraints. This study aims to develop a framework for optimized and efficient distribution of PERINATAL CARE services at different levels of care provision.Methods: We utilized small area analysis in an iterative process to divide the country into service areas of PERINATAL CARE Regions (PCRs), to distribute three levels of perinatal services and hospital beds in PCRs, to minimize patients’ traveling distances, and to fit the facilities to the needs while incurring minimum changes to the current administrative borders and available infra-structure.Results: We divided the country into 33 PCRs. A total of 1256 level-III (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) beds and 3768 level-II neonatal beds were required in the country and distributed to the districts. One level-III district was designated as the center for each PCR. Sixty one districts were identified as level-III and 104 as level-II. Level-I and Ib districts were allocated to the nearest next level districts. Our proposed model decreased the average distance of districts from the center from 125 to 109 km. The average distance and the distance weighted by population of the districts from the PCR center also reduced to 79 and 42 km, respectively.Conclusion: Our model reduced the distance between levels of care provision and balanced the care facilities with population needs at the district level. Implementing this model requires resources. It may encounter some resistance in practice. Such resistance should be tackled with setting regulations, monitoring, training, advocacy, and appropriate incentives. A sustainable national REGIONALIZATION model should be developed centrally, and customized to the specific needs and circumstances of each region.

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MATERNAL HEALTH CARE BASED ON IRAN' MULTIPLE INDICATOR DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY (IRMIDHS-2010)

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RASHIDIAN, ARASH, YOUSEFI NOURAEI, REZA, AZEMIKHAH, A., HEYDARZADEH, MOHAMMAD, CHANGIZI, N., MAHTA BASIR, F., & MOTLAGH, M.E.. (2008). PERINATAL CARE REGIONALIZATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. HAKIM RESEARCH JOURNAL, 11(2), 1-11. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/29384/en

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RASHIDIAN ARASH, YOUSEFI NOURAEI REZA, AZEMIKHAH A., HEYDARZADEH MOHAMMAD, CHANGIZI N., MAHTA BASIR F., MOTLAGH M.E.. PERINATAL CARE REGIONALIZATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. HAKIM RESEARCH JOURNAL[Internet]. 2008;11(2):1-11. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/29384/en

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ARASH RASHIDIAN, REZA YOUSEFI NOURAEI, A. AZEMIKHAH, MOHAMMAD HEYDARZADEH, N. CHANGIZI, F. MAHTA BASIR, and M.E. MOTLAGH, “PERINATAL CARE REGIONALIZATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN,” HAKIM RESEARCH JOURNAL, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1–11, 2008, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/29384/en

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