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Journal articles
, 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