مرور انتقادی

Economic evaluation of health interventions by comparing the relevant costs and benefits will result in optimum allocation of resources and increasing the effectiveness of the health system and, through improving equity and increasing accessibility to health services, will lead to increased effectiveness of the health system. The purpose of this study was to critically evaluate the Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) studies on health interventions worldwide.

A critical review of the published CEA studies on health interventions was conducted. Seven databases including PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Web of science, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, and SID were searched between 1975 and 2018, using appropriate keywords. The retrieved articles were evaluated using the Drummond (2005) quality assessment checklist. Overall, 173 articles met the entry criteria and were included in this study.

CEA of health-related interventions were classified into six categories, namely, studies on immunization, education, nutrition, sexually transmitted diseases prevention, gynecological diseases prevention and vector-borne diseases and, eventually, cost-effective interventions were identified. Further analysis of the data showed that the methods used in health intervention CEA studies are very heterogeneous and lack sufficient scientific quality especially in developing countries. Researchers working in this area should pay more attention when designing studies and follow valid guidelines for CEA, particularly as regards research methods, sample size, CEA model, cost and benefit calculations, determining effectiveness, timeframe and, finally,  analysis of  the sensitivity and validity the research data.

The number of cost effectiveness analysis and cost utility studies has increased greatly during the last two decades. In order to improve the quality of these studies it is essential to revise the guidelines and procedures for economic evaluation of health interventions and train and update researchers in this area.

Research priorities in different disciplines are considered by scholars in recent years. The objective of this study is to illustrate a comprehensive image of research priorities papers in health care of Iran to policymaking in the future.
the review involved relevant keywords searches of electronic databases, including Magiran and Scientific Information Database in Persian. After inclusion and exclusion criteria without time boundary, the extracted documents were analyzed analytically.
twenty-one articles were included in the analysis since 2002. These documents summarized, categorized, reported and analyzed broadly by trend.
Considering to the span disciplines of healthcare, we expected more published articles. The analysis indicates that policymakers could focus on research priorities. In this regrard, an integrated action is needed to response the needs and ambiguities. This leads to creative design of applied research and creation of knowledge. accordingly, the research management of the country, Deputy of Research and Technology in Ministry of Health and Medical Education and Deputy of Research and Technology in medical faculties across the country along with the cooperation of all stakeholders in setting priorities. This is the line with direction and support of thesis, dissertations and research project in health care industry.

Economic evaluation of health interventions is critical for efficient allocation of resources. The aim of this study was to critically review empirical studies on the cost-benefit of health interventions published over the last 40 years.
This study was carried out by searching seven databases (PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Web of science, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, and SID) using appropriate keywords to find articles on the cost-benefit of health interventions published during 1975-2015. All the relatedretrieved articles were analyzed after quality assessment using a valid check list.
A total of 33studies on the cost-benefit of health interventions during the last 40 years were included in the review; 39%, 37%, 21% and 3%of the studies had been conducted in Asia, America, Europe and Africa, respectively. The subjects dealt with in most ofthe studies (79%) were related to immunization, education, healthy nutrition and use of health technologies. Further analysis of the data showed mental health education, healthy nutrition, use of safety equipment while driving, vaccination, diagnostic and screening tests, and oral and dental healthto have considerable clinical and economic benefits.
The number of studies on the cost-benefit analysis of health interventions is increasing. Preventive and promotive interventions can help planners and policy-makers to better utilize the limited resources in the health sector aiming at promoting health of the people.

Charity donors’ participation in health and medical care fileds can help to enhance the public health resources. The purpose of this study was to assess the charity-related evidence in health care system in Iran and to present a perspective in this area. This was a narrative review. We searched four Iranian scientific databases using the following key words: donor OR charity، NGOs، health care. Twenty reports were retrieved in the area. Most of the reports were published in the scientific journals (65%). Most of the reports have focused on the government (35%). Most of the studies were derived from studies on the health care system (75%) versus the hospital (25%). The amount o f the studies shows that there were little scientific focus on the issue and the trend of the scientific works in the issue are gradually increasing. We recommend planning joint projects between the policy makers، health charity organizations، and the researchers to widen the scientific perspectives on charity issues.