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Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate drug prescription indicators in outpatient services provided at Iran Social Security Organization (SSO) healthcare facilities. Methods: Data on all prescribed drugs for outpatient visits from 2017 to 2018 were extracted from the SSO database. The data were categorized into 4 main subgroups: patient characteristics, provider characteristics, service characteristics, and type of healthcare facility. Logistic regression models were used to detect risk factors for inappropriate drug prescriptions. SPSS and IBM Modeler software were utilized for data analysis. Results: In 2017, approximately 150 981 752 drug items were issued to outpatients referred to SSO healthcare facilities in Iran. The average number of drug items per outpatient prescription was estimated at 3.33. The proportion of prescriptions that included an injection was 17.5%, and the rate of prescriptions that included an antibiotic was 37.5%. Factors such as patient sex and age, provider specialty, type of facility, and time of outpatient visit were associated with the risk of inappropriate prescriptions. Conclusions: In this study, all drug prescription criteria exceeded the recommended limits set by the World Health Organization. To improve the current prescription patterns throughout the country, it would be beneficial to provide providers with monthly and annual reports and to consider implementing some prescription policies for physicians.

Objective (s): The aim of this study was to evaluate the outpatient visits of elderly people under the Social Security Organization (SSO) and to compare it with other age groups. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study that used outpatient data of SSO in 2017. All data (14chr('39')418chr('39')911 cases) were analyzed after restoring and cleaning processes. SPSS software was used for data analysis. Results: Findings showed that 6.5% of all outpatient visits were by elderly. The elderly group had been referred to outpatient services at an average rate of 6.8 times per year. Elderly people over the age of 85 years referred to physicians 48.1% more than children under the age of 2 year and this was 78.3% for elderly aged 65 to 85 years.. Conclusion: A considerable portion of the economic burden and costs of the health system under social security organization belong to the elderly group, which will continue to increase in the future. In this regard, it seems necessary to manage services demanded by this age group using appropriate measures.

Introduction:Occupational accidents result in pain, suffering, death of workers in some cases, many financial losses, reduce production levels and so forth; thus it is counted as a national loss. The aim of this study was to investigate the causes of occupational accidents in the industries and plants supported by the Social Security Organization of Ilam during the years 2010-2012. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 462 occupational accidents occurring for employees covered by the Social Security Organization were evaluated. Data were collected using the pre-designed checklist filled out with the records of the accidents available in the Social Security Organization by the researcher. Data were analyzed by SPSS (ver. 23) software. Results:The results of the study showed that 42.6% of the accidents occurred in 2010. The most accidents occurred in the age group of 21-30 years old (46.8%) and 461 of injured people (99.8%) were male. The majority of the people (62.55%) were married and 90% had work experience less than five years. Unsafe acts were the most cause of the incidents (57.1%). The most important type of the incident was dropping and slipping (37.9%). There was significant correlation between the cause of incident, type of incident and type of injury (P

Introduction: Since hospitals and clinics are confronting the challenge of resource shortages and rising costs, the information of the costs of health services can be efficient in optimal resource allocation and identifying the performance of centers active in using resources, budget reform and tariff rates. Method: This study applies the practical-developmental method and it is descriptive-survey research. The library and field methods were administered to collect and analyze data. The costs of service for 51 types of tests were compared through time-driven activity-based costing and tariffs approved over 2015. Finally, the difference between the mean of cost and the mean of tariff rates was analyzed by paired sample t-test. Results: The expenses of the laboratory is estimated 1,068, 912, 636 Rials, which the maximum amount is dedicated to staffs’ salaries and benefits (66%), the expenses of logistic centers (18%), and the depreciation expenses of the laboratory equipment (7%). The cost of some services provided in this department is more and sometimes less than the approved tariffs. Conclusion: According to the results, there is a difference between the real cost of services and the approved tariffs, thus in order to price the services more accurately, precise methods such as time-driven activity-based costing can be used. Regarding the high expanses of staff and costs allocated by the logistic centers, taking these resources into consideration significantly as well as spending them properly and effectively, reviewing the structure of human powers, assigning certain tasks to staff, identifying and removing the extra expenses of human powers and determining the unused capacity of the laboratory may raise increase efficiency and avoid unnecessary expenses.

Background and aimsIn rapid development in industrialization, lack of attention to safetyprinciples causes a raise in work-related incidents. According to ILO, around one-third of workrelated deaths is due to. The aim of our study is to survey the causes of occupational incidents at working place under protection of Yazd Social Security Organization in 1384.MethodsThis is a descriptive study that was done to determine the incident frequency and factors affecting on it. The study included 776 incidents selected among all of the incidents occurred in 1384 inYazd. The data were collected from available information in social security organization.ResultsThe findings showed that the center of province, has had the most number of incidents (%41.2). Also, the mean age of people who had incident was 29.5. The most causes of incident were related to falling down (%20.8) fingers were injured more than other parts (%31.5). The highest consequence of the incidents was related to injuries (%34).ConclusionThe distribution of age among the subjects indicated the prevalence of incident in young workers more than others, which is in the same line with other researches. The cause of most incidents was falling.

Introduction: The present study was conducted to present a model for reducing behavioral emotions through the mindset of Social Security employees.Methods: it is applied and developmental research in nature. The research method is mixed (qualitative-quantitative). This research used a non-random and snowball sampling method to collect the opinions of 30 participants (university professors and staff of the Social Security Organization) within three phases. The statistical population included all managers and employees of the Social Security Organization, which was about 420 people, of whom 200 people were selected as the sample size according to the Krejcie and Morgan Table. Also, the Fuzzy Delphi method was used to identify the components, and confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the effect of the identified variables.Results: The results identified 76 themes and factors. Twelve sub-indices for behavioral emotions were classified in the form of variables, including descriptive observation, conscious deed, acceptance without judgment, and lack of reaction. Another 12 sub-indices for mindfulness were classified in the form of variables, including anger, anxiety, stress, fear, and sadness. Conclusion: Considering high occupational tension and the Social Security Organization workplace, it is possible to reduce behavioral emotions by providing a calm and stress-free workplace for the staff.