Inappropriate payments by insurance organizations or third party payers occur because of
errors, abuse and fraud. The scale of this problem is large enough to make it a priority issue …

The duration of protection provided by hepatitis B vaccine is still unknown but can be estimated
through long-term follow-up studies. Electronic databases and conference databases to …

Background High incidence rates of gastrointestinal tract cancers have been reported in the
Caspian region of Iran. This study aimed to: 1) describe the geographical spatial patterns of …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a well-recognized clinical
entity characterized by the detection of HBV DNA in serum and/or liver in the absence of …

Clinically infected dogs have been identified as the main reservoir hosts of visceral leishmaniasis
(VL) caused by Leishmania infantum in the Mediterranean region. The objective of this …

Background: A previous analysis of the Osteoarthritis Initiative study reported a dose-response
relationship between physical activity and improved physical function in adults with knee …

Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotype Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is one of the
leading causes of food-borne gastroenteritis associated with the consumption of contaminated …

Background: Critical care nursing has some features that may affect the ability of critical care
nurses to provide care. Professionals as critical care nurses who deal with peoples’ health …

Background: We aimed to identify the indicators of healthcare fraud and abuse in general
physicians’ drug prescription claims, and to identify a subset of general physicians that were …

The epidemiologic features of HBV, HDV and HIV in the general population of Hamadan
province of Iran were studied. A total of 4930 subjects (1649 males and 3281 females) …