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2016, 'Number of people blind or visually impaired by glaucoma worldwide and in world regions 1990 - 2010: A meta-analysis', Plos One, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162229
,2016, 'Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by diabetic retinopathy: A meta-analysis from 1990 to 2010', Diabetes Care, 39, pp. 1643 - 1649, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc15-2171
,2016, 'The association between smoking status and hospital length of stay: evidence from a hospital-based cohort', Hospital Practice 1995, 44, pp. 129 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21548331.2016.1178579
,2016, 'Global Prevalence of Myopia and High Myopia and Temporal Trends from 2000 through 2050', Ophthalmology, 123, pp. 1036 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.01.006
,2016, 'Re: Estimating economic burden of cancer deaths attributable to smoking in Iran in 2012', Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 16, pp. 97
,2016, 'Transforming research results into useful tools for global health: BOOST', Lancet Global Health, 4, pp. e96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00267-3
,2016, 'Comment on: "economic burden of thalassemia major in Iran, 2015"', Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 16, pp. 233 - 234
,2016, 'Dental care utilization in the west of Iran: a cross-sectional analysis of socioeconomic determinants', International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 9, pp. 235 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-06-2016-0008
,2016, 'Determinants of healthcare expenditures in Iran: Evidence from a time series analysis', Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 30
,2016, 'Determinants of healthcare expenditures in Iran: Evidence from a time series analysis', Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 30, pp. 6 - 14
,2016, 'Economic burden of smoking: A systematic review of direct and indirect costs', Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 30
,2016, 'Effects of smoking on cost of hospitalization and length of stay among patients with lung cancer in Iran: A hospital- based study', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, pp. 4421 - 4426, http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.9.4421
,2016, 'Estimating the economic burden of lung cancer in Iran', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, pp. 4729 - 4733, http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.10.4729
,2016, 'Estimating the economic burden of premature mortality caused by cancer in Iran: 2006-2010', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, pp. 2131 - 2136, http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.4.2131
,2016, 'Gender gap and inequality in health professionals' income in Iran', Medical Journal of Bakirkoy, 12, pp. 70 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.5350/BTDMJB201612204
,2016, 'Global vision impairment and blindness due to uncorrected refractive error, 1990Y2010', Optometry and Vision Science, 93, pp. 227 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000000796
,2016, 'Health system responsiveness after health sector evolution plan (HSEP): An inpatient survey in Kermanshah in 2015', Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 30
,2016, 'Measurement of quality of primary health services by servqual model: Evidence from urban health centers in west of Iran', Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10, pp. 475 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/rjmsci.2016.475.480
,2016, 'Productivity costs and years of potential life lost associated with five leading causes of death: Evidence from Iran (2006-2010)', Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 30
,2016, 'Relative inequalities in geographic distribution of health care resources in Kermanshah province, Islamic Republic of Iran', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 22, pp. 20 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2016.22.1.20
,2016, 'Years of potential life lost and cost of lost productivity caused by road traffic crashes: Evidence during the five years in Iran (2006-2010)', International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 11, pp. 154 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/ijtmed.2016.154.158
,2015, 'Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition', Lancet, 386, pp. 2145 - 2191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61340-X
,2015, 'Nearly 1 billion myopes at risk of myopia-related sight-threatening conditions by 2050 - time to act now', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 98, pp. 491 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cxo.12339
,2015, 'Number of people blind or visually impaired by cataract worldwide and in world regions, 1990 to 2010', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56, pp. 6762 - 6769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-17201
,2015, 'Towards better estimates of uncorrected presbyopia', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 93, pp. 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.156844
,2015, 'A Simple Method for Estimating the Economic Cost of Productivity Loss Due to Blindness and Moderate to Severe Visual Impairment', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 22, pp. 349 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2015.1066394
,2015, 'Estimating economic burden of cancer deaths attributable to smoking in Iran in 2012', Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 15, pp. 228 - 233
,2015, 'Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013', Lancet, 386, pp. 743 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4
,2015, 'Hospital cost associated with pediatrics urinary tract infection: Before and after health sector evolution program in the west of Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 733 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.4431
,2015, 'Assessment of need and access to physician and hospital beds: A cross sectional province based study in Iran', Shiraz E Medical Journal, 16
,2015, 'Determinant of road traffic crash fatalities in Iran: A longitudinal econometric analysis', Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 15, pp. 163 - 167
,2015, 'Regional disparity in physical resources in the health sector in Iran: A comparison of two time periods', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 44, pp. 848 - 854
,2015, 'Impact of socioeconomic and health system factors on infant mortality rate in Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): Evidence from 2004 to 2013', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 493 - 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.4087
,2015, 'Physician labor participation and unemployment rate in Iran', Shiraz E Medical Journal, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/semj23620
,2015, 'The economic burden of liver cirrhosis in iran: A cost of illness study', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 44, pp. 512 - 521
,2015, 'Macro determinants of infant mortality in ECO countries: Evidence from panel data analysis', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 441 - 447
,2015, 'Affordability of cataract surgery using the Big Mac prices', Revista Mexicana De Oftalmologia, 89, pp. 21 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mexoft.2014.07.001
,2015, 'Development status and access to health care resources using numerical taxonomy and Morris Model: A case study', Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, 20, pp. 40 - 50
,2015, 'Factors associated with length of stay and hospital charges among pediatric burn injury in Kermanshah, west of Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 403 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.3563
,2015, 'Myopia: A growing global problem with sight-threatening complications', Community Eye Health Journal, 28, pp. 35
,2015, 'Socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality in Iranian children: A longitudinal econometrics analysis', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 375 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.3760
,2015, 'Years of potential life lost and productivity costs due to premature cancer-related mortality in Iran', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 16, pp. 1845 - 1850, http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.5.1845
,2014, 'Epidemiological analysis and cost of hospitalization associated with pediatric burns in Kermanshah, Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 2, pp. 369 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.3515
,2014, 'Health sector inflation rate and its determinants in Iran: A longitudinal study (1995-2008)', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 1537 - 1543
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in diabetic patients in Tunisia, North Africa', Eye Basingstoke, 28, pp. 986 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.131
,2014, 'Extent, consequences and economic burden of road traffic crashes in Iran', Journal of injury & violence research, 6, pp. 57 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v6i2.191
,2014, 'Status of Ophthalmic Education and the Eye Health Workforce in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Countries', Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 3, pp. 74 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/APO.0000000000000037
,2014, 'Assessment of performance of the hospitals of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences by use of Pabon Lasso Model (2007-2011)', Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, 19, pp. 114 - 123
,2014, 'Complexities and challenges of surgical data collection from cataract patients: Comparison of cataract surgery rates between 2001 and 2008 in all provinces of Argentina', Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia, 77, pp. 25 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.20140008
,2014, 'Getting ready to cope with non-communicable eye diseases', Community Eye Health Journal, 27, pp. 51
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